Albanese
An Italian surname meaning “Albanian” or “from Albania,” originally used as an ethnic or regional nickname.
The #5,435 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 48,189 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Albanese is the Italian word for “Albanian,” ultimately from Latin Albanensis, meaning a person from Albania. As a surname, it likely began as a nickname for someone identified by Albanian ancestry, origin, or association. In some cases it may also have been applied more loosely to newcomers or people connected with the Balkans or Adriatic world.
History
The name is found chiefly in Italy and among Italian diaspora communities. Like many Italian surnames formed from ethnic labels, it could arise independently in different places where an outsider or immigrant was identified by origin. The surname is now well established in the United States through Italian immigration.
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Fun fact
The same root appears in the English word “Albanian,” so the surname is essentially a fossilized nationality label.
From the historical record
“covite), - Venetian, Tuscan, Napolitan, Florentine, Sorrentine, ?aduan, Capuan, Pavian, Pisan, Sicilian, Siracusan, Milanese, Maltese, Calabrese, Bolognese, Genoese, Albanese, Lucchese, Veronese, Dago, Lazzaroni, Padrone, - Alpine, Romany, Swiss, Switzer, Schweitzer, Savoyard, Genevese, - Gothlander, Coastlander…”
— A Grammar of American SurnamesNotable people named Albanese
- Anthony Albanese (b. 1963)
- Francesca Albanese (b. 1977)
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