Albanese Surname

14,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Albanese Surname User-submission:

(Southern Italian) Ethnic name meaning 'Albanian', applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.

Albanese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy22,6081:2,705208
United States8,8041:41,1705,055
Argentina1,7101:24,9962,099
Australia1,1571:23,3323,207
Canada9371:39,3234,928
France8661:76,70110,779
Brazil4481:477,84418,073
Belgium3701:31,0725,027
Germany2901:277,60529,221
England2671:208,68217,974
Switzerland1921:42,7765,958
Uruguay871:39,4454,524
Spain801:584,40027,603
Venezuela631:479,4309,304
Luxembourg481:12,0952,127
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Chile451:391,47710,650
Malta301:14,342837
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Croatia161:264,28827,725
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Finland61:916,11741,832
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Albanèse (5) & Albanêse (1) are calculated separately.

Albanese (140) may also be a first name.

Albanese Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Southern Italian) Ethnic name meaning 'Albanian', applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.

- anonimo

This surname literally means 'Albanian'.

- rutilantboss

Albanese Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Albanese Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Albanese (Arabic: البانيز) occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Albanèse or Albanêse. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Albanese? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,581st most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 190,709 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Albanese reside; 60 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 781,395th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 140 people.

The surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 22,608 people, or 1 in 2,705. In Italy Albanese is most frequent in: Apulia, where 22 percent reside, Calabria, where 14 percent reside and Campania, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Italy Albanese is found in 58 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Albanese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Albanese has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Albanese surname grew 880,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Albanese Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Albanese surname are 2.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Albanese earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 0.23% less than the national average, earning €29,961 per year; in United States they earn 19.35% more than the national average, earning $51,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.06% more than the national average, earning $56,172 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Albanese Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Albanese in the Arabic language
البانيزalbanyz-

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Footnotes

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