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    The surname Albany

    An English surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A415

    Albany: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Albany #38,265, 579 people Albany: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Albany #38,265, 579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Albany is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 579 people named Albany in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 546.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #38,141)

    Who is named Albany

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

    54% of people named Albany identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Albanys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Albany
      American pianist (1924–1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Albany

    Albany has the Soundex code A415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A415.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Albany come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Albany?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Albany in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Albany?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Albany identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Albany?
    Joe Albany, American pianist (1924–1988).
    Where is the surname Albany most common?
    Wikidata records people named Albany in the United States.
    Is the surname Albany getting more or less common?
    More common. 546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, up 6.0%.