Albert

At the 2020 census, 30,390 Americans bore the surname Albert — 1,130th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 9,835.

By the numbers

People: 30,390
Rank: 1,130th
How common: 1 in 9,835
Per 100,000: 10.2

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Albert described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 72.5%
Black, not Hispanic 14.3%
Hispanic or Latino 5.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.6%

Notable people called Albert

Flórián Albert (1941–2011)Hungarian footballer
Caterina Albert (1869–1966)Spanish writer
Eddie Albert (1906–2005)American actor
Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901)French politician
Philippe Albert (born 1967)Belgian footballer
Hans Albert (1921–2023)German philosopher
Edward Albert (1951–2006)American television and film actor
Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867–1952)Prince of Thurn and Taxis

People named Albert with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Albert

Also a first name

Albert has been given to 494,420 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1921. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.