Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Italian Pronounced Pron. AL-BUH-KNEES, AL-BUH-NE-SAY [key] Other Forms FormsAlbanesi, Albanez, Albanesee Meaning & History Southern Italian : ethnic name from albanese ‘(an) Albanian’, applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.