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In the entire world, Alta (Alta , Alto , Altar ) is a common unisex first name. The forename Alta is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Namibia, and South Africa, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, India, and South Africa. Likewise, Alta is the last name as well as the forename.
Alta is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Alta , the mythological character and Alto solo , the operatic character in the opera Die Bürgschaft by Kurt Weill.