ALBON
Albon is a surname of both English and French provenance, tracing its roots back to the Norman Conquest of the twelfth‑century.
The name derives from the Old French word albun—meaning “white” or “fair”—and from the medieval Latin personal name Albanus, which signified a person from the town of Alba in early Roman Italy. In England it became popular in the thirteenth century, often given in honour of St. Alban, the first British martyr, whose name in Latin is Albanus.
Historical documents record the surname in the mid‑thirteenth century. A case in the Buckinghamshire Book of Fees (1250) cites Walter Alban; in 1275 the Worcestershire Subsidy Rolls name Adam Albon; and a 1376 entry in the Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London records William Albone. The voyage of Alice Albon at the end of 1635, who sailed from the Port of London aboard the Hopewell bound for New England, provides the earliest evidence of the name transatlantic.
Variations of the spelling include Aubin, Albin, Albone, Alban, Albonn, Allbon, Alabone, Allibon and Aubon. In Scotland the family of Norman lord William de Albon is noted for martial prowess, and in Ireland the name appears in the counties of Kerry, Galway, Meath and Cork, occasionally anglicised to Albin.
Arms associated with the Albon lineage feature a green shield; a silver bend bears three blue crosses formee fitchee, and the crest is a bull's head affrontee. The heraldic description underscores the family’s long‑established presence in both English and continental European heraldic records.
Today the surname is predominantly found in England, with clusters in Yorkshire and Lancashire. It remains relatively rare, with roughly 1 500 bearers in the United Kingdom and an estimated 300 in the United States, largely along the Eastern Seaboard. The diaspora extends to Canada, Australia, France, South Africa and New Zealand, reflecting the broader spread of a name that has survived many centuries of linguistic and cultural change.
Typical given names associated with the Albon surname
Male
- Daniel
- David
- Douglas
- Graham
- James
- John
- Mark
- Michael
- Paul
- Richard
- Robert
- Stephen
Female
- Amanda
- Elizabeth
- Helen
- Joan
- Joyce
- Julie
- Margaret
- Sally
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 1,111 people named Albon in the UK. That makes it roughly the 6,798th most common surname in Britain. Around 17 in a million people in Britain are named Albon.
Famous people named Albon
- Jonathan Albon -
- Niki Albon -
- Sammy Albon -
- Alan Albon - Anarchist and publisher (1921 to 1989)
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