Explore the Family Name Almand

The meaning of Almand

Altered form of English Almond.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Almand in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Almand decreased from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Almand ranked 23,087 in terms of popularity and had a count of 1,033 bearers. However, by 2010, the rank dropped to 26,747, and the count of people with the surname also declined to 910. This indicates a decrease in the surname's popularity by about 15.85 percent and a reduction in the number of bearers by roughly 11.91 percent. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also decreased by approximately 18.42 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,087	#26,747	-15.85%
Count	1,033	910	-11.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.31	-18.42%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Almand

The ethnic identity distribution for the surname Almand saw changes between 2000 and 2010. According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the predominant ethnicity associated with the surname is White, though there was a slight decline (from 94.29 percent to 92.86 percent) in this period. While the percentage of Almands identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races were not recorded in 2000, they appeared in the 2010 census at 0.66 percent and 0.99 percent respectively. Meanwhile, the Hispanic representation increased by 9.61 percent. Black representation in the Almand surname nearly doubled, experiencing a substantial growth of 114.94 percent. Conversely, there was a significant drop in the American Indian and Alaskan Native category, decreasing by 36.78 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.29%	92.86%	-1.52%
Hispanic	2.81%	3.08%	9.61%
Black	0.87%	1.87%	114.94%
Two or More Races	0%	0.99%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.66%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.87%	0.55%	-36.78%