Last Name ALTON

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Meaning	The town near the water - from al, water, and ton, a town.

Origin	Scottish

Rank	7,307 (2000 US census)	5,105 (1990 US census)

Count	4,204 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.51%, or 3679 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.06%, or 297 total occurrences, as black,
0.71%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.5%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.76%, or 74 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.45%, or 103 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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