Last name Elten (Elten 
) , around the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Elten is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Germany, where it is a rare surname, and Belgium. Much less frequently, Elten is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Elten | Germany, Azerbaijan, Belgium, South Africa, Netherlands |
| liutgard of elten abbess (b. 955) |
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| derk jan van elten (b. 1750) |
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hendrik dirk kruseman van elten Dutch landscape painter (1829-1904), NL (b. 1829) |
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| elisabeth van elten Dutch actor, NL (b. 1784) |
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| gustav elten PL (b. 1803) |
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| eduard elten German Esperantist, DE (b. 1849) |
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| elisabeth frederica kruseman van elten Dutch painter, NL (b. 1876) |
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jörg andrees elten German journalist, DE (b. 1927) |
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| max elten German painter and stage designer, DE (b. 1905) |
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ann-mette elten DK (b. 1956) |
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| elisabeth elten (b. 1920) |
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| stefan elten (b. 1946) |
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| elten ting (b. 1954) |
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| rudi heinz elten German organized crime figure (1977–2009), DE (b. 1977) |
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| tessa m van elten researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7677-8973 |
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