English, German, Spanish (Albán), Italian, and French:
from the personal name Alban (Latin Albanus, originally
a habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Italy
and elsewhere called Alba). This surname has probably also absorbed
some cases of Italian or Spanish Albano.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Alban
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The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry.co.uk.
You can find out where the majority of the Alban families were living before
they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival, and destination.
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You can find out when most of the Alban families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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