How common is the surname Alba?

13,347 people in the United States had the surname Alba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,132 Americans. It ranked 2,699th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alba?

Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswoman (born 1981), followed by Joshua Alba.

Where is the surname Alba most common?

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

How do you pronounce Alba?

Alba is /ˈɑlbə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Alba getting more or less common?

More common. 9,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,347 in 2010, up 35%.

Is Alba also a first name?

Yes. Alba is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Alba

A place surname, carried by 13,347 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɑlbə/ 2 syllables Soundex A410 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alba is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

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

Alba is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,347 people named Alba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,132 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,872.

#2,699

rank among US surnames

13,347

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+35.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,324)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,690	Rhoads	13,389	23,060
#2,691	Bock	13,382	23,072
#2,692	Carrier	13,377	23,080
#2,694	William	13,373	23,087
#2,695	Asher	13,371	23,091
#2,696	Shell	13,369	23,094
#2,697	Layne	13,367	23,098

Who is named Alba

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Alba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Albas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jessica Alba
American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)
Joshua Alba
Actor, born 1982
Miguel Alba
Argentine footballer, born 1988

Notable Albas come mostly from Canada (1), the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Alba

Alba has the Soundex code A410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A410.

Questions

Where does the surname Alba come from?: From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.
How common is the surname Alba?: 13,347 people in the United States had the surname Alba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,132 Americans. It ranked 2,699th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alba?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Alba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alba?: Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswoman (born 1981), followed by Joshua Alba.
Where is the surname Alba most common?: Wikidata records people named Alba in Canada, the United States and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Alba?: Alba is /ˈɑlbə/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Alba?: Alba is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Alba getting more or less common?: More common. 9,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,347 in 2010, up 35%.
Is Alba also a first name?: Yes. Alba is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.