Albania

loc · Latin script

Meaning: republic, Europe

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Albania is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Dominican Republic than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 256K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 349K
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 4.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Dominican Republic (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 people, est.

Sources
110 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Dominican Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Albânia in BR Brazil.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

republic, Europe

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Albania counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Albania is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DO Dominican Republic≈2,100 est.≈1 in 4.9K—Albania19
US United States6321 in 526K625—110
CO Colombia≈190 est.≈1 in 256K—Albania16
IT Italy≈180 est.≈1 in 349K—Albania10
BR Brazil1741 in 1.2M200Albânia29
CL Chile≈70 est.≈1 in 260K1Albania17
CR Costa Rica571 in 89K57—6
AL Albania≈30 est.≈1 in 104K—Albania1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Albania is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Albanien

  • French name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Albañïa

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Albânia

  • Albanian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania

    Also written Shqiperi, Shqipëri, Albånìå, Âlbâñíá, Älbãníå

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Ãlbania

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Albania is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Tatar, Latin spelling of Албания (Albaniyä): Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; official name: Republica Albania)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; capital: Tirana)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ace, Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Albania
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020625#17,454
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—200#14,031
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022174—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—173#28,032
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—160#28,698
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990153—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980114—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)197072—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—57#3,043
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)197042—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198039—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)196038—

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Albania mean, and where does it come from?
republic, Europe Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
In which country does Albania have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Albania in the Dominican Republic, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled albania.
How common is the name Albania?
In the United States, the national register counted 632 people named Albania in 2020, about 1 in 526 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Albania”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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