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Early Origins of the Altizer family

The surname Altizer was first found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of the Iberian peninsula.

Early History of the Altizer family

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Altizer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ates, Autes, Alitz, Altiz and others.

Early Notables of the Altizer family

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Altizer Ranking

In the United States, the name Altizer is the 10,680th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Altizer family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Phillip Jacob Altes, who was naturalized in Illinois in 1860.


Contemporary Notables of the name Altizer (post 1700) +

  • David Tilden Altizer (1876-1964), American Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1906 to 1911
  • Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer (b. 1927), American theologian; his views were featured in two Time magazine articles based on the question "Is God Dead?"
  • Otho Webb Altizer (b. 1888), American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1944 2
  • Henry A. Altizer, American politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Calhoun County, 1889 2


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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