Albright
surname · Latin script
Meaning: (i) anglicization of Albrecht, German equivalent of Albert; (ii) medieval variant of Albert
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɔɫˌbɹaɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Albright is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 13K(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 534K
- SESweden1 in 729K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 45 (measured from records)
- 1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
25,189 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) anglicization of Albrecht, German equivalent of Albert; (ii) medieval variant of Albert.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Albright 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 25,189 | 1 in 13K | 25K | Albright | 45 |
| SE Sweden | 14 | 1 in 729K | 14 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 11 | 1 in 534K | 11 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 6 | 1 in 1.4M | 6 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 6 | 1 in 8.3M | 6 | — | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 4 | 1 in 2.9M | 4 | — | 1 |
25,189 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Albright is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OE Æðelbriht, a metathesized form of Æðelbeorht; first attested Ailbricd c1160 DC (L)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Albucasis [Abu al-Qasim]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Spanish Arab physician
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jacob Albrightb. 1759USAmerican bishop, founder of Evangelical Association (1759-1808)
- William Foxwell Albrightb. 1891USAmerican archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics (1891-1971)
- Ivan Albrightb. 1897USAmerican artist (1897-1983)
- Hardie Albrightb. 1903USAmerican actor (1903–1975)
- Lola Albrightb. 1924USAmerican actress and singer (1924–2017)
- Tenley Albrightb. 1935USAmerican figure skater and surgeon
- Madeleine Albrightb. 1937USUnited States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001
- Joseph Albrightb. 1937USAmerican journalist and author (born 1937)
- Gerald Albrightb. 1957USAmerican jazz saxophonist
- Chris Albrightb. 1979USAmerican soccer player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 25K | #1,410 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 25K | #1,297 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 24K | #1,433 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,538 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 11 | #37,284 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6 | #89,778 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4 | #107,856 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Albright mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) anglicization of Albrecht, German equivalent of Albert; (ii) medieval variant of Albert. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Albright?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɔɫˌbɹaɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Albright have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 25 thousand people named Albright, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled albright.
- Where is Albright most common?
- Albright is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Albright?
- In the United States, the national register counted 25,189 people named Albright in 2010, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/albrightThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Albright”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.