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Abraham

in Minnesota

There are 616 people with the last name "Abraham" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Abraham 632
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  1. is 628th most common Daly
  2. is 629th most common Schilling
  3. is 630th most common Wick
  4. is 631st most common Ball
  5. is 632nd most common Abraham
  6. is 633rd most common Heinen
  7. is 634th most common Moeller
  8. is 635th most common Crosby
  9. is 636th most common Houle

Most Common First Names for Abraham

Michael, James, Richard, Gary, John, David, Lloyd, Mark, Robert, Joseph

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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