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Abraham

in Ohio

There are 707 people with the last name "Abraham" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Abraham 1,612
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  1. is 1,608th most common Baumgartner
  2. is 1,609th most common Gaston
  3. is 1,610th most common Melvin
  4. is 1,611th most common Will
  5. is 1,612th most common Abraham
  6. is 1,613th most common Sheldon
  7. is 1,614th most common Lancaster
  8. is 1,615th most common Maier
  9. is 1,616th most common Shade

Most Common First Names for Abraham

Joseph, David, Michael, Daniel, John, Fred, James, Robert, William, George

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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