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abbey Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English abbeye, abbaye (Old French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’), applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey, or an occupational name for someone working in one.

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Distribution of abbey Families in the US in 1920
Number of abbey families
 91-179
 31-90		 1-30
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David Abbey or Abey ruffnerscott 0
Abbey - Alvey PA & MD alangood_1 0
Sally D. (Toy) Abbey, age 62, daughter of , John and Mary (Smith) Toy. KENNELLYMARKA 0
Rollin Abbey tschiwitz 1
Abbey, Bruce relatives buffalo NY lmeyers1st 2
Sybil ABBEY born about 1832 of New York PaulWalworth42 1
Elmer D Abbey Pat Ellis 0
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Adolphus Abbey, New York oldbruin 0
R. W. ABBEY Biography, PA to MN to WI RMunns7272 0
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