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Abbott

in Tennessee

There are 1,234 people with the last name "Abbott" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Abbott 611
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  1. is 607th most common Dodd
  2. is 608th most common Buck
  3. is 609th most common Gann
  4. is 610th most common Clay
  5. is 611th most common Abbott
  6. is 612th most common Womack
  7. is 613th most common Huddleston
  8. is 614th most common Monroe
  9. is 615th most common Walden

Most Common First Names for Abbott

Robert, James, David, John, William, Charles, Jerry, Donna, Linda, Mary

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: from Middle English abbott ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas ‘priest’ (genitive abbatis), from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. This was an occupational name for someone employed in the household of or on the lands of an abbot, and perhaps also a nickname for a sanctimonious person thought to resemble an abbot. In the U.S. this name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate, Spanish Abad, or German Abt.

FOREBEARS George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. A certain George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. James Abbott migrated from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.

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