Family name אלטון (Elton 
, Alton 
, Altun 
) , throughout the world, is a widespread last name. The cognomen אלטון is habitual in Turkey, where it is a common surname, Albania, where it is quite a rare surname, and Azerbaijan. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Turkey, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Likewise, אלטון is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Elton | Mozambique, South Africa, Brazil, Zimbabwe, United States |
| Alton | South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil, United States, Turkey |
| Altun | United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Philippines, Turkey |
| אלטון | Israel |
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שלמה אלטון IL (b. 1927) |
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