Abraham

in the US

There are 22,901 people with the last name "Abraham" in the United States.

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Abraham 1,150
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  1. is 1,146th most common Langley
  2. is 1,147th most common Childs
  3. is 1,148th most common Singer
  4. is 1,149th most common Whitfield
  5. is 1,150th most common Abraham
  6. is 1,151st most common Tapia
  7. is 1,152nd most common Foreman
  8. is 1,153rd most common Cisneros
  9. is 1,154th most common Doherty

Most Common First Names for Abraham

John, James, Joseph, Michael, Thomas, George, David, Robert, Mary, William



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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