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Abraham

in Massachusetts

There are 572 people with the last name "Abraham" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Abraham 1,307
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  1. is 1,303rd most common Wilder
  2. is 1,304th most common Santoro
  3. is 1,305th most common Tower
  4. is 1,306th most common Proctor
  5. is 1,307th most common Abraham
  6. is 1,308th most common Albano
  7. is 1,309th most common Archambault
  8. is 1,310th most common Damico
  9. is 1,311th most common Decker

Most Common First Names for Abraham

John, Robert, Richard, Daniel, James, Mark, Thomas, Joseph, Nicholas

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by a Biblical patriarch revered by Jews as the founding father of the Jewish people (Genesis 11– 25), and by Muslims as founder of all the Semitic peoples, both Hebrew and Arab (compare Ibrahim). The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from Hebrew av hamon goyim ‘father of a multitude of nations’. It was widely used as a personal name among Christians as well as Jews in the Middle Ages in diverse cultures from northern Europe to southern India. It is also found as a given name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. has come to be used as a family name among families from Kerala.

Irish: English name adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic Mac an Bhreitheamhan ‘son of the judge’. See Mcbroom.

FOREBEARS A bearer of the surname Abraham, from Poitiers, is recorded in Quebec city in 1671.

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