# Alda (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 145 |
| US rank (2010) | 119,508 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,129,280 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alda, a habitational surname from Basque. Also borrowed from Odia ଆଲଡା (ālaḍā).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alda 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) | 43% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 36% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alda in the United States and France.

## People named Alda

- Alan Alda, American actor (born 1936)
- Robert Alda, American actor (1914–1986)
- Antony Alda, American actor (1956-2009)
- Elizabeth Alda, American actress

## Similar surnames

Alday, Auld, Allday, Ault, Alt.

## 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.