# Albany (surname)

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

A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 579 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,265 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 533,239 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (546 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Albany ("Scotland"), a Scottish duchy created in 1398 and bestowed upon younger sons of the King of Scots which became a British title upon the 1707 Act of Union.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Albany 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) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Albany in the United States.

## People named Albany

- Joe Albany, American pianist (1924–1988)

## Similar surnames

Albano, Albin, Albino, Alban, Albanese, Alfano, Alfonso, Alphonse, Alvin, Alphin, Alvino.

## 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.