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    The surname Alpert

    A surname, carried by 3,243 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Alpert: #9,954 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alpert #9,954, 3,243 people Alpert: #9,954 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alpert #9,954, 3,243 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alpert is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,243 people named Alpert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,204 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,145.

    #9,954
    rank among US surnames
    3,243
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,482)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145
    #9,953Courson3,24495,174
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233
    #9,959Boutte3,24195,262
    #9,961Brazier3,24095,292
    #9,963Hoggard3,23995,321

    Who is named Alpert

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

    95% of people named Alpert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Alperts

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Herb Alpert
      American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935)
    • Ram Dass
      American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist, 1931–2019
    • Susan Davis
      American politician, born 1944

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alpert

    Alpert 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 Alpert?
    3,243 people in the United States had the surname Alpert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,204 Americans. It ranked 9,954th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alpert?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Alpert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Alpert?
    Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935), followed by Ram Dass.
    Where is the surname Alpert most common?
    Wikidata records people named Alpert in the United States.
    Is the surname Alpert getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,243 in 2010, up 3.1%.