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Alter

in California

There are 323 people with the last name "Alter" in California.

Ranking in California

Name	Rank
Alter	7,566

is 7,562nd most common Weatherly
is 7,563rd most common Willhite
is 7,564th most common Zielinski
is 7,565th most common Ahuja
is 7,566th most common Alter
is 7,567th most common Arneson
is 7,568th most common Bentz
is 7,569th most common Birdsall
is 7,570th most common Blomquist

Meaning & History

Alter

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): distinguishing epithet for the older of two bearers of the same personal name.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Alter, an inflected form of alt ‘old’. This was in part an omen name, expressing the parents’ hope that the child would live a long life; in part an apotropaic name, given to a child born after the death of a sibling, but also said to have sometimes been assumed by someone who was seriously ill. The purpose is supposed to have been to confuse the Angel of Death into thinking that the person was old and so not worth claiming as a victim.