Find out how popular the last name Alambar is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Alambar.

Alambar, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Alambar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alambar in America

Alambar is the 151532nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alambar surname appeared 108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Alambar.

We can also compare 2010 data for Alambar to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Alambar

The surname Alambar is believed to have originated in the region of Andalusia, Spain during the medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Arabic words "al" meaning "the" and "ambar" meaning "amber". This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who worked with or traded in amber, a fossilized tree resin prized for its beauty and use in jewelry and ornaments.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Alambar can be found in a document from the city of Seville, dated 1312. This document mentions a merchant named Ibrahim Alambar, who was involved in the trade of spices and precious materials from the Levant region.

During the 15th century, the name appears in several records from the Kingdom of Granada, the last stronghold of the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. A notable figure bearing the name Alambar was Fatima Alambar, a renowned poet and calligrapher who lived in Granada during the 1460s.

As the Moorish presence in Spain diminished after the Reconquista, many families with Arabic-derived names like Alambar migrated to other parts of Europe and the Mediterranean region. In the 16th century, there are records of an Alambar family residing in the Italian city of Venice, where they were involved in the glassmaking industry.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Alambar was Khalil Alambar, a Syrian philosopher and mathematician who lived in the late 17th century. His works on geometry and astronomy were widely studied and influenced the development of Islamic science during that era.

Another noteworthy bearer of the name was Miriam Alambar, a Jewish scholar and translator from Salonica (present-day Thessaloniki, Greece) who lived in the early 18th century. She is credited with translating several important works from Hebrew to Spanish and contributing to the preservation of Sephardic Jewish culture and literature.

Throughout its history, the surname Alambar has also been associated with various place names and locations. In the 19th century, there was a small village called Alambar in the region of Murcia, Spain, which may have been named after an early settler or landowner with that surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alambar

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Alambar.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Alambar was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Alambar has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Alambar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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