Albani — Family Name, Records and Arms

The same name, two spellings: Albani and Albano. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Albano / white”. The change of ending between Albano and Albani reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Albani surname had 326 bearers. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country. From 1891 to 2000, 114 births in France were registered under Albani.

Arms linked to Albano and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Albani family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.