Spanish and Portuguese: from the plural of alma
‘soul’.
Hungarian (Almás): from alma ‘apple’,
hence an occupational name for a producer or seller of apples.
Probably also a topographic name for someone who lived by an apple
orchard.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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