Alban surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alban surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,173 people carried this name — #13,893 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,881 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 254 people named Alban.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Ain.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Ain 93
Paris 37
Saône-et-Loire 11
Nièvre 9
Deux-Sèvres 6
Rhône 6
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 6
Pas-de-Calais 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 184 people named Alban live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 92
City of Buenos Aires 70
Santa Fe 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Alban live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 9
Aargau 5
Geneva 5
Bern 4
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Alban in American newspapers,
1904–1917.

Newspaper page from Arkansas Echo carrying the name Alban
Arkansas Echo 1904-09-16
Newspaper page from Minneapolis Tidende carrying the name Alban
Minneapolis Tidende 1917-12-20
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Alban
Der Nordstern 1911-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 272,287 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alban,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernst Alban
    Ernst Alban 1791–1856 · physician
  • Dick Alban
    Dick Alban 1929–2016 · American football player
  • Robert Alban
    Robert Alban 1952– · sport cyclist
  • Matthias Alban 1621–1712 · luthier
  • Franciscus Alban 1781–1856 · cobbler
  • James S. Alban 1810–1862 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Alban.

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