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    The surname Albor

    A Galician surname, carried by 1,093 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Albor: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Albor #23,300, 1,093 people Albor: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Albor #23,300, 1,093 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Albor is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    From Galician, ultimately from Latin albor (“whiteness”).

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,093 people named Albor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 655.

    #23,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,093
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +66.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,984)

    Who is named Albor

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

    94% of people named Albor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Albor

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

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Albor come from?
    From Galician, ultimately from Latin albor (“whiteness”).
    How common is the surname Albor?
    1,093 people in the United States had the surname Albor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. It ranked 23,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Albor?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Albor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Albor getting more or less common?
    More common. 655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,093 in 2010, up 67%.