Almond
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE Æðelmund or Ealhmund, 'noble protector' / 'temple-protector'; first attested Ælmund 1066 DB
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ælmənd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Almond is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 32K
- USUnited States1 in 46K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 373 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
7,188 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE Æðelmund or Ealhmund, 'noble protector' / 'temple-protector'; first attested Ælmund 1066 DB
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Almond 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 | 7,188 | 1 in 46K | 7.2K | Almond | 373 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 18K | listed | Almond | 192 |
| CA Canada | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Almond | 89 |
| AU Australia | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 1 | Almond | 110 |
| IT Italy | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 107K | — | Almond | 8 |
| AT Austria | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Almond | 4 |
7,188 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; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
Almond is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, 2. from the OE personal namoALdelmund, composed of the elements cedel noble + mund protection. There is no evidence of any connection with the almond nut or tree (cf. Almendro). Alos Catalan: habitation name from any of various places so called. The placename is of pre-Roman origin and un¬ known meaning. Var.: Aids.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Most probably a location name from rivers either in Midlothian or Perthshire. It is not unusual to find river names used in this way, though not with large numbers of bearers. No early forms are recorded. In England, the name derives from the Old English personal forename Alcmund.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, An almond (tree nut)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edward Almondb. 1892USUnited States Army general (1892–1979)
- James Lindsay Almond, Jr.b. 1898USUnited States federal judge (1898-1986)
- Gabriel Almondb. 1911USAmerican political scientist (1911-2002)
- Paul Almondb. 1931CAwriter (1931–2015)
- Lincoln Almondb. 1936USAmerican attorney, politician, and member of the Republican Party (1936–2023)
- Johnny Almondb. 1946GBBritish blues musician (1946–2009)
- David Almondb. 1951GBBritish children's writer (born 1951)
- Marc Almondb. 1957GBBritish singer
- Darren Almondb. 1971GBEnglish artist (born 1971)
- Morris Almondb. 1985USAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
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 31 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.2K | #4,902 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.9K | #4,704 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6.7K | #5,088 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Scottish Surnames (Ross, 1994) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Almond mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE Æðelmund or Ealhmund, 'noble protector' / 'temple-protector'; first attested Ælmund 1066 DB Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Almond?
- A machine transcription gives /ælmənd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Almond have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 7.2 thousand people named Almond, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled almond.
- How common is the name Almond?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,188 people named Almond in 2010, about 1 in 46 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.
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, “Almond”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.