Almond is used as a family name or surname in Nordic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Almond
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Nordic
Meaning: Almond is similar to Almund, Ellmund and Aelmund, mentioned in Domesday. It came from Gaelic alf-mund that translates to strong or powerful protector in English language. Some historians also believed it to be a derivative of Alhmund or Old Norse Amundr with same mund element. Almon, Elllman, Holman and Oldman are all derivatives of Almond.

How popular is Almond?

Almond is common in Australia.

Almond is ranked 27513 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Almond bearers increased by 4.279704 per cent in 2010 US census to 7188 since 2000, the surname slipped by 198 spots and ranked at 4902. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.66 80.98
Black 16.3 15.54
Hispanic or Latino 2.41 1.42
Others 1.75 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.39
Almond is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 18412 people have been found who wears Almond as their family name. Almond is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
13,220 Thailand6
23,739 Nigeria5
661,536 Indonesia3
108,034 Italy3
14,078 Japan3
34,681 Norway2
14,004 Hungary2
35,969 Denmark2
6,103 Cyprus2
20,595 China2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
65,594 Belgium2
20,186 Kenya2
50,549 Georgia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,198 Maldives1
880 Djibouti1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,314 Bolivia1
165,773 Belarus1
4,249 Cambodia1
12,741 Ecuador1
3,993 El Salvador1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
16,073 Latvia1
58,885 Poland1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
6,212 Jamaica1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
9,498 Iceland1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,790 Zambia1
24,460 Armenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,873 Ireland44
205,048 Russia43
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
55,100 Spain33
8,720 Qatar29
11,444 Portugal28
36,547 Switzerland27
162,376 Ukraine20
78,557 Netherlands13
6,896 Trinidad and Tobago13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
2,858 Hong Kong83
Countries with hundreds of Almond:
5,704 Canada762
9,735 South Africa657
23,224 Philippines580
43,536 Germany235
1,747 Wales226
10,151 Malaysia177
27,627 Turkey175
3,611 Scotland171
21,011 Mexico157
5,613 New Zealand135
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Almond:
4,787 United States8,281
1,523 England5,195
3,047 Australia1,010
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 23 years old workman David Almond and 21 years old workwoman Betsey Almond who were residing in Ireland migrated to USA on January 9, 1850 by Constitution put out from Liverpool.

Comments

C
Cythia Vermillion
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname almund comes from the German medieval athalmund derived from the personal name which means noble protector that name recalls the first name of an ancestor.

Almond Namesakes

  • James Lindsay Almond, Jr., Judge
  • Marc Almond, Singer-songwriter
  • David Almond, Author
  • Steve Almond, Short story writer
  • Gabriel Almond, Political Scientist
  • Darren Almond, Artist
  • Paul Almond, Television Director
  • Mark Almond, Author
  • Morris Almond, Basketball player
  • Cody Almond, Ice hockey centre
  • Geoff Almond characterized the leading character of Dwayne in 2015 horror film Secret Santa.
  • Nicki Almond, from 2010 drama movie Wish, who portrayed Nicki.

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