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

The Alber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,023 people carried this name — #14,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,984 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

224 people named Alber live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 63
Thurgau 30
Aargau 21
Vaud 15
Bern 15
Geneva 13
St. Gallen 11
Neuchâtel 10

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Alber.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Bas-Rhin 23
Doubs 6
Haut-Rhin 6
Vosges 5
Paris 2
Var 1
Haute-Vienne 1
Moselle 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

51 people named Alber is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 51

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

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