# Almas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/almas/  
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 | Arabic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 587 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 525,972 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (491 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās, “diamond”), a surname predominantly found in Pakistan. * Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Almas, plural form of Alma. * Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from alma (“apple”), thus a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of apples.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Almas 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 16% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Allums, Alanis, Almazan, Almaguer, Almquist, Alonso, Alonzo, Alaniz, Alongi, Alling, Allensworth, Allington.

## 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.