Last Name ALBRIGHT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Albert, from Ethelbert or Adelbert. The son of Ailbrith, in Domesday Ailbrith. Albrecht is a German immigrant of much later date. Allbright is English. Albern again, is ancient and fairly modern.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	1,297 (2000 US census)	1,342 (1990 US census)

Count	24,942 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.6%, or 22847 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.29%, or 1319 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 90 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 87 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.07%, or 267 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.32%, or 329 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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