The Albanese surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,407 people carried this name — #5,435 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,286 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Albanese surname
A surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym]; variant forms Albanesi, Albanees, Albinese.
Borrowed from Italian Albanese, from albanese (“Albanian”) in reference to the Arbëreshë people (Italo-Albanians) of southern Italy.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Albanese» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,448 people named Albanese 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 284 people named Albanese.
Most of them — 180 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
282 people named Albanese live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 219 people named Albanese live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Albanese in American newspapers,
1911–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,790 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Albanese,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Leonardo Albanese 1759–1799 · politician -
Francesco Mandoj-Albanese 1818– · engineer -
Francesco Mandoj-Albanese 1818– · engineer
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Giovanni Battista Albanese 1573–1630 · architect
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Girolamo Albanese 1584–1660 · architect
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Antonio Albanese 1728–1803 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Albanese.
- Alaoui 258 · U.S. census
- Alarcon 18,805 · U.S. census
- Alario 377 · U.S. census
- Alba 13,347 · U.S. census
- Albaladejo 378 · U.S. census
- Alban 2,173 · U.S. census
- Albani 326 · U.S. census
- Albano 5,860 · U.S. census
- Albarez 777 · U.S. census
- Albarracin 734 · U.S. census
- Albe 150 · U.S. census
- Alber 2,023 · U.S. census
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