The Albers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,766 people carried this name — #3,638 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,531 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Albers surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

A patronymic surname from the name Albert + -s.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Albers» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

91 people named Albers live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 38
Aargau 16
Bern 11
St. Gallen 7
Geneva 5
Lucerne 5
Basel-Landschaft 3
Graubünden 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 Belgium’s population register

At least 91 people named Albers 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 47
West Flanders 39
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 56 people named Albers 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 27
Buenos Aires Province 19
Tierra del Fuego 10

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 32 people named Albers.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Nord 12
Pas-de-Calais 4
Somme 4
Paris 2
Moselle 1
Yvelines 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

124 people named Albers is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 124

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).

In print

Albers in American newspapers,
1895–1915.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Albers
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1895-07-13
Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name Albers
Southern Christian Advocate 1903-03-12
Newspaper page from The Mellette County Pioneer carrying the name Albers
The Mellette County Pioneer 1915-05-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Albers in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

1,184 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Albers. The most, 285, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 517
Victoria 241
New South Wales 227
Queensland 159
Tasmania 19
Western Australia 17
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Albers.

Who carried it

People named Albers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Abraham Albers
    Johann Abraham Albers 1772–1821 · physician
  • Johann Wilhelm Albers d. 1849 · jurist
  • Johann Christoph Albers 1741–1800 · merchant
  • Anton Albers 1765–1844 · merchant
  • Friedrich Bernhard Albers 1773–1825 · writer
  • Heinrich Christian Albers 1773–1833 · cartographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Albers,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,074 records

2,074 records of the Albers name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,178
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 391
  • Other U.S. records 505
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hans R. Albers

    Born 1906 in Germany. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; cook. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Albers

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Atalanta from Bremen, aged 11; laborer. From Ostfriesland, Hanover, Germany; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Billie D. Albers

    Born 1931; from Douglas County, Nebraska. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,074 records for Albers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands21,664 records

21,664 records of the Albers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11,651
  • Dutch population registers 7,393
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2,620
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petrus Albers

    Married in 1842 in Huissen; labourer, born 1808 in Huissen (Lingewaard). Died 1882 in Huissen, aged 74; "molennaarsknecht".

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Catharina Albers

    Married in 1832 in Maastricht; shopkeeper, born 1791 in Maastricht. Died 1864 in Maastricht, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerardus Petrus Albers

    Married in 1891 in Alkmaar; coffee-house keeper. Died 1937 in Alkmaar, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21,664 records for Albers in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany1,172 records

1,172 records of the Albers name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Rudolf Albers

    Born 1883; from Wechloy, Oldenburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 78).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Albers

    Born 1890; from Wald, Solingen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 November 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 55).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Christoph Albers

    From Usen, Achim. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 10 October 1916 (Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 2).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,172 records for Albers in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Belgium92 records

92 records of the Albers name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Helena Albers

    Died 1953 in Aalst; born 1888 in Desselgem.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Julius Camilius Albers

    Died 1901 in Kortijk.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Kortrijk (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Irena Albers

    Died 1955 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 92 records for Albers in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia51 records

51 records of the Albers name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 20
  • Other Australian records 8
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Claus Albers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1864 aboard the Tony, aged 20; German.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Claus Albers

    Farmer of Beaconsfield, Victoria; died 1892.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Susanna C. D. Albers

    Of Chatswood, New South Wales; died 1920.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Albers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Albers name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Albers

    Buried in 1987 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George William Albers

    Died 1932; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 2 of 14 records for Albers in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France13 records

13 records of the Albers name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Michel Alfred Desire Albers

    Born 1936 in Aire-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais); died 1995 in Lille (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Blanche Marie Albers

    Born 1901 in Tourcoing; died 1990 in Tourcoing (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Desire Pierre Albers

    Born 1918 in Aire-sur-la-Lys; died 1993 in Béthune (Pas-de-Calais).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Albers in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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