The Alberto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,528 people carried this name — #5,335 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 48% from 4,398 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,066 people named Alberto 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 439 people named Alberto.
119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
93 people named Alberto live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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 20 people named Alberto 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Alberto in American newspapers,
1890–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,026 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alberto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alberto Lewis 1893–1965 · association football player
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Teopisto Valderrama Alberto 1912–1996 · Catholic priest
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Battista Alberto 1924–1945
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Carlos Alberto 1925–2007 · actor
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Pietro Alberto 1929– · painter
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Pietro Alberto 1929– · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alberto.
- Albero 230 · U.S. census
- Albert 32,507 · U.S. census
- Albertelli 358 · U.S. census
- Alberti 2,689 · U.S. census
- Albertin 163 · U.S. census
- Albertini 916 · U.S. census
- Albertus 229 · U.S. census
- Alberty 1,256 · U.S. census
- Albi 237 · U.S. census
- Albin 4,273 · U.S. census
- Albini 345 · U.S. census
- Albo 764 · U.S. census
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