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

Alberti, 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 Alberti surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alberti in America

Alberti is the 11659th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alberti surname appeared 2,689 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Alberti.

We can also compare 2010 data for Alberti 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 Alberti

The surname Alberti originated in Italy, with its earliest known roots dating back to the 12th century. It is believed to be derived from the medieval Italian personal name Alberto, which itself stems from the Germanic Adalbrecht, meaning "bright nobility." The Alberti family was one of the most prominent and influential noble families in Florence during the Renaissance period.

The name Alberti can be found in various historical records, including the Florentine Priorista, a chronicle of the city's rulers from the 13th to the 15th centuries. One of the earliest known individuals with this surname was Benedetto Alberti, a Florentine merchant and diplomat who lived from 1322 to 1388. Another notable figure was Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), a renowned Renaissance humanist, author, artist, architect, poet, and philosopher.

In the 15th century, the Alberti family played a significant role in the political and cultural life of Florence. Filippo Alberti (1437-1497) was a prominent patron of the arts and a supporter of the Medici family. His son, Benedetto Alberti (1472-1553), was a distinguished scholar and a member of the Platonic Academy of Florence.

The surname Alberti has also been associated with other notable individuals throughout history, such as Giovanni Alberti (1558-1601), an Italian composer and organist during the Renaissance period, and Giorgio Alberti (1723-1758), an Italian mathematician and physicist best known for the Alberti cipher, an early cipher disk used for encryption.

Another prominent figure with the surname Alberti was Raffaello Alberti (1858-1937), an Italian poet, playwright, and literary critic who was a leading figure in the Verist movement. Additionally, Arturo Alberti (1867-1953) was an Italian architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Milan and other cities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alberti

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

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 Alberti 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 Alberti 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 Alberti was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Alberti, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!