Family name אלטה (Aletta 
, אלטה 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen אלטה is habitual in Namibia, where it is quite a rare surname, Italy, and Argentina, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Italy, Indonesia, and South Africa. Much more frequently, אלטה is the forename as well as the last name.