The Alma surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 509 people carried this name — #40,465 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Alma.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haute-Marne.
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
22 people named Alma live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alma.
- Allgeyer 342 · U.S. census
- Allie 1,794 · U.S. census
- Allin 855 · U.S. census
- Allio 341 · U.S. census
- Allo 248 · U.S. census
- Alloy 284 · U.S. census
- Almand 1,033 · U.S. census
- Almansa 135 · U.S. census
- Almanza 10,412 · U.S. census
- Almeida 13,523 · U.S. census
- Almes 178 · U.S. census
- Almodovar 3,387 · U.S. census
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