Alba Forename
1,519th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 646,971 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia
Alba Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: White. (Provençal) Dawn of day.
Alba Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 100% | 215,095 | 1:222 | 30 |
| Spain | 100% | 125,154 | 1:372 | 75 |
| Mexico | 100% | 46,445 | 1:2,673 | 402 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 34,028 | 1:473 | 91 |
| Honduras | 100% | 33,908 | 1:260 | 31 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 31,955 | 1:945 | 144 |
| Italy | 100% | 22,256 | 1:2,744 | 330 |
| United States | 100% | 21,241 | 1:17,068 | 1,494 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 20,603 | 1:292 | 31 |
| Brazil | 100% | 18,907 | 1:11,331 | 1,235 |
| El Salvador | - | 14,369 | 1:441 | 67 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 13,263 | 1:786 | 118 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12,879 | 1:266 | 53 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 9,876 | 1:733 | 167 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5,548 | 1:859 | 187 |
| Cuba | - | 3,059 | 1:3,762 | 474 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2,449 | 1:17,466 | 867 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,274 | 1:1,718 | 341 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,645 | 1:2,158 | 266 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,386 | 1:2,198 | 476 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,037 | 1:248,760 | 22,786 |
| Thailand | 100% | 783 | 1:89,484 | 7,855 |
| Canada | 100% | 726 | 1:45,638 | 3,104 |
| Uganda | 99% | 614 | 1:66,705 | 3,547 |
| England | 99% | 511 | 1:108,812 | 4,020 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 440 | 1:18,667 | 1,368 |
| DR Congo | 90% | 431 | 1:171,294 | 7,882 |
| Peru | 97% | 388 | 1:81,937 | 3,236 |
| Philippines | 61% | 355 | 1:298,618 | 11,704 |
| India | 96% | 333 | 1:3,648,282 | 155,361 |
| France | 100% | 329 | 1:202,038 | 3,257 |
| Germany | 76% | 315 | 1:306,914 | 3,955 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 274 | 1:61,686 | 3,898 |
| Russia | 74% | 257 | 1:561,221 | 5,880 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Ecuador | - | 210 | 1:84,414 | 2,271 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Chile | 98% | 193 | 1:91,229 | 2,431 |
| Belize | 100% | 180 | 1:1,968 | 443 |
| Sweden | 100% | 168 | 1:58,678 | 2,943 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Belgium | 100% | 159 | 1:72,264 | 2,951 |
| South Africa | 76% | 141 | 1:386,756 | 20,102 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 112 | 1:94,655 | 2,480 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 97 | 1:1,606 | 410 |
| San Marino | 100% | 80 | 1:412 | 114 |
| Uzbekistan | 67% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Tanzania | 75% | 71 | 1:743,497 | 17,573 |
| Australia | - | 70 | 1:195,109 | 4,971 |
| Kosovo | - | 68 | 1:27,374 | 2,697 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 67 | 1:264,878 | 5,214 |
| Ireland | 100% | 66 | 1:70,356 | 2,009 |
| Ivory Coast | 72% | 63 | 1:366,285 | 15,102 |
| Malaysia | 61% | 62 | 1:491,128 | 21,602 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 51 | 1:110,345 | 3,355 |
| Nigeria | 58% | 49 | 1:3,623,762 | 60,714 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Denmark | - | 40 | 1:141,237 | 3,600 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 36 | 1:226,453 | 19,035 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31 | 1:172,592 | 3,232 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Greece | 100% | 27 | 1:404,983 | 6,029 |
| Croatia | 100% | 23 | 1:183,351 | 3,362 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 20 | 1:1,188,484 | 41,438 |
| Niger | 77% | 19 | 1:1,009,684 | 15,865 |
| Finland | 100% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 17 | 1:122,986 | 5,223 |
| Pakistan | 83% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Qatar | 50% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Czechia | 80% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Wales | 100% | 12 | 1:257,859 | 4,217 |
| Austria | 100% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Namibia | - | 7 | 1:343,454 | 5,692 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Iceland | 100% | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Turkey | 50% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Hungary | 90% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Albà (1) & Álba (1) are calculated separately.
Alba (156,743) may also be a surname.
Alba Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: White. (Provençal) Dawn of day.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Alba Forename Popularity
Alba Demographics
Average Alba Salary in
United States
$38,200 USD
Per year
Rank:
278,538 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0060765
Rank: 1,415 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
87.76%
Sample size: 13,113 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Alba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alba in the Russian language | ||
| Альба | alba | - |
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