as a Last Name
- 8,960
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Abney
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Abney, from the Old English personal name Abba (+ genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island’. The surname is now much more common in the U.S. than in England.
| 3,437th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,960
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Abney per capita
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