Alba is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alba
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: The name has very diverse geographical origins. In Belgium and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, it could match the person Germanic name Albart, Albert variant. Common in Spain and Italy, it can have two origins: either female personal name Alba or, more often, a place name, the name of many localities. The place name probably does not evoke the idea of whiteness, but that elevation. In some cases (Languedoc-Roussillon), Alba can also be a variant of Alban (see Albanet).

How popular is Alba?

Alba is common in United States.

Alba is ranked 3029 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Albas grew by 35.20057 per cent to 13347 since 2000 and ranked 2699 after elevating 625 spots. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 79.91 76.34
White 13.46 16.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.36 5.35
Others 0.65 0.85
Black 0.42 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.18
Alba is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico while Bolivia is ahead in terms of density. Around 181321 people have been found who wears Alba as their family name. Alba is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
20,790 Nigeria6
5,707 Nicaragua5
8,438 China5
2,955 Syria4
720,003 Russia4
6,989 Uganda3
9,500 Ghana3
25,074 Greece3
14,078 Japan3
6,706 Lebanon3
2,935 Angola3
11,290 Guyana3
14,621 Croatia2
4,104 South Korea2
35,969 Denmark2
54,641 Sweden2
18,718 Thailand2
4,944 Bosnia2
3,014 Taiwan2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
7,574 Bangladesh2
14,004 Hungary2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
20,186 Kenya2
3,871 Paraguay2
2,401 Honduras2
4,164 Vietnam2
11,224 Cameroon2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
24,460 Armenia1
1,970 Grenada1
123,175 Tanzania1
38,063 Mauritania1
50,549 Georgia1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,790 Zambia1
18,969 Wales1
16,073 Latvia1
14,373 Jordan1
3,071 Jersey1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,859 Iraq1
25,746 Finland1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
340 Comoros1
16,228 Bulgaria1
8,181 Botswana1
4,942 Libya1
16,283 Lithuania1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
586 San Marino1
2,309 Monaco1
11,510 Oman1
5,872 Namibia1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,024 Mongolia1
4,249 Cambodia1
6,967 Macedonia1
1,572 Macau1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
9,780 Scotland46
272,864 India42
2,474 Costa Rica31
9,692 Ireland27
467 Andorra22
21,268 New Zealand21
51,398 Czech Republic20
464 Cayman Islands15
20,800 Serbia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
27,739 Netherlands89
1,795 Bahrain86
3,722 Qatar68
11,471 Norway66
Countries with hundreds of Alba:
3,763 Saudi Arabia923
3,094 Romania772
11,515 Iran716
1,875 Chile639
18,921 Indonesia609
2,330 Guatemala554
917 Uruguay464
13,246 Algeria446
13,982 England419
16,380 Turkey384
14,898 Morocco336
13,278 Canada286
3,754 United Arab Emirates268
1,958 Albania266
28,734 Poland191
10,151 Malaysia177
11,191 Belgium163
2,531 Singapore142
19,596 Australia130
9,314 Switzerland126
1,938 Puerto Rico122
4,263 Portugal120
2,219 Hong Kong107
3,572 Kuwait104
Countries with thousands of Alba:
231 Bolivia8,515
641 Argentina6,988
2,271 Brazil6,551
295 Dominican Republic5,588
1,946 Italy4,737
329 Cuba4,419
1,511 Peru2,779
1,245 Venezuela2,308
3,775 France2,106
1,148 Ecuador1,888
358 Panama1,534
6,895 Germany1,379
Countries with ten thousands of Alba:
416 Mexico44,809
277 Philippines27,067
230 Spain22,374
489 Colombia17,906
3,597 United States11,106
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Accursio Alba from Sciacca, Italy aboard the Marco Minghetti from Palermo on May 15, 1900. He is registered to be 7 years old when he arrived in New York. Farmer Accursio Alba, Adelina Alba, aged 10, 24 years old Andrea Alba, Farmer Angelo Alba, Antonina Alba, aged 11, Biagia Alba (21) Housewife, Carmine Alba, aged 8, Caterina Alba (10), and 31 other Alba majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and housewife, house woman, blacksmith, coachman, peasant migrated to US from Unknown, Naples, Havre and Palermo.

Comments

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Frankie Montandon
Alba is a Catalan name, derived from the Latin alba, meaning ColorWhite the tunic it is originally a nickname pointing to the white garment wearer.

Alba Namesakes

  • Abdi Pasha the Albanian, Politician
  • Abdurrahim Albayrak, Businessman
  • Abdi Pasha the Albanian, Politician
  • Jessica Alba, Actress
  • Ricardo Jiménez de Alba, Soccer player
  • Dr. Alban, Musician
  • Ahmad Albar, Rock star
  • Zog I of Albania, King
  • Zog I of Albania, King
  • Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh, Poet
  • David Alba, from 2018 drama, family film Cain, who portrayed Joven Terapia.
  • In 1956 drama film, Mr. & Mrs., Teresita de Alba characterized N.
  • Krizia Michelle Alba, from 1996 action film Magtago ka o lumaban, who characterized Annie.
  • Catherine Alba, from 1951 comedy movie Piédalu à Paris, who characterized N.

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