How common is the surname Alber?

2,023 people in the United States had the surname Alber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. It ranked 14,695th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Alber?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Alber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Alber getting more or less common?

More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,023 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Alber

A surname, carried by 2,023 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alber is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,023 people named Alber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

#14,695

rank among US surnames

2,023

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #13,957)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,686	Booze	2,025	152,467
#14,691	Rosemond	2,024	152,542
#14,695	Cissell	2,023	152,618
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693

Who is named Alber

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

89% of people named Alber identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alber

Alber has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

Questions

How common is the surname Alber?: 2,023 people in the United States had the surname Alber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. It ranked 14,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alber?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Alber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Alber getting more or less common?: More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,023 in 2010, up 2.0%.