# Alba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,347 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,699 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,132 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (9,872 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑlbə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alba in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alba in Canada, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Alba

- Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)
- Joshua Alba, actor
- Miguel Alba, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Albaugh, Albee, Alva, Alvey, Aliev, Aliff, Alipio, Aliyeva.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.