American Family Name Origins:
Albrecht
Frequency: (7283)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: from the personal name, composed of Germanic adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. Compare Albert. This surname is also found in Slovenia, also in the Slovenized form Albreht.
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Kurt (18), Erwin (12), Hans (7), Manfred (6), Otto (5), Horst (4), Klaus (4), Arno (3), Heinz (3), Milbert (3), Fritz (2), Gerhard (2).
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