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The Alby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 189 people carried this name — #96,368 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 18% from 231 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Alby surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From place names in England. Variant: Albee.

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 289 people named Alby.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Aude.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Aude 55
Tarn 44
Paris 32
Haute-Garonne 30
Eure-et-Loir 14
Hérault 11
Aveyron 10
Ain 9

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

Who carried it

People named Alby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Alby
    Henry Alby 1858–1935 · military personnel
  • Amédée Alby
    Amédée Alby 1862–1942 · engineer
  • Ernest Alby 1809–1868 · writer
  • René Alby 1815–1882 · diplomat
  • Pierre Alby 1921–1998 · engineer
  • Edmond Alby 1930–1987 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Alby is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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