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Albert

in the US

There are 27,491 people with the last name "Albert" in the United States.

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Albert 959
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  1. is 955th most common Lancaster
  2. is 956th most common Goff
  3. is 957th most common Goldstein
  4. is 958th most common Cooley
  5. is 959th most common Albert
  6. is 960th most common Kaplan
  7. is 961st most common Key
  8. is 962nd most common Bolton
  9. is 963rd most common Mcneil

Similar Names and Nicknames

Albertson, Albers, Alberts, Alberto, Alber, Alberti, Albee, Alpert, Alberty, Alberson

Most Common First Names for Albert

John, James, Michael, David, Robert, Richard, William, Joseph, Mary, Charles

Meaning & History

English, French, North German, Danish, Catalan, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, etc.: from the personal name Albert, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. The standard German form is Albrecht. This, in its various forms, was one of the most popular of all European male personal names in the Middle Ages. It was borne by various churchmen, notably St. Albert of Prague, a Bohemian prince who died a martyr in 997 attempting to convert the Prussians to Christianity; also St. Albert the Great (?1193–1280), an Aristotelian theologian and tutor of Thomas Aquinas. It was also the name of princes and military leaders, such as Albert the Bear (1100–70), Margrave of Brandenburg. In more recent times it has been adopted as a Jewish family name.

FOREBEARS A bearer of the surname Albert, from Saintonge, France, was documented in Quebec city in 1664.

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