Albany is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Albany
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Albany

How popular is Albany?

Albany is ranked 222417 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Albany bearers increased by 6.043956 per cent in 2010 US census to 579 since 2000, the surname slipped by 124 spots and ranked at 38265. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 54.23 61.54
Black 33.68 30.4
Hispanic or Latino 5.7 1.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.01 5.31
Others 1.38 0.92
Albany is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in United States Virgin Islands. Around 1496 people have been found who wears Albany as their family name. Albany is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,956 Venezuela3
5,300 Syria2
8,500 Dominican Republic1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
42,479 Greece1
153,416 Italy1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
38,841 Scotland1
8,859 Iraq1
24,176 Qatar1
9,591 Panama1
38,830 Morocco1
56,169 Mexico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
20,041 New Zealand24
337,212 Indonesia16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
42,464 Canada75
Countries with hundreds of Albany:
40,223 United States692
19,321 South Africa310
19,364 Australia132
75,961 Brazil111
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Hugh Albany was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 25, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Columbus from Liverpool.

Comments

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Leighann Sweetman
The origin of the name is the Indo-European Surname Albanius comes from the personal name which means from the town of dolphins that name recalls the name of an ancestor.

Albany Namesakes

  • Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Duke of York
  • Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Duke of Albany
  • John Stewart, Duke of Albany, Duke of Albany
  • Joe Albany, Jazz Pianist
  • Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, Duke of Albany
  • Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, Duke of Albany
  • Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, Duke of Albany
  • Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, Charles Edward Stuart's daughter
  • Jean Albany, Poet
  • Amy Albany, Writer

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