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    The surname Albury

    A place surname, carried by 1,531 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɔːlbəɹi/ 3 syllables Soundex A416

    Albury: #18,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Albury #18,177, 1,531 people Albury: #18,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Albury #18,177, 1,531 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Albury is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.

    Albury 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 1,531 people named Albury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,663 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

    #18,177
    rank among US surnames
    1,531
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,177Albury1,531201,663
    #18,184Colvard1,530201,794

    Who is named Albury

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

    50% of people named Albury identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Albury

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Albury come from?
    From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.
    How common is the surname Albury?
    1,531 people in the United States had the surname Albury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,663 Americans. It ranked 18,177th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Albury?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Albury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Albury?
    Albury is /ˈɔːlbəɹi/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Albury?
    Albury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Albury getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,531 in 2010, up 6.0%.