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abe Name Meaning and History

Japanese: variously written, with Chinese characters used phonetically. Listed in the Shinsen shojiroku, the Abe claim descent from Ohiko, first son of the mythical Emperor Kogen. There are several places in Japan named Abe, which means ‘sun festival’ in the Ainu language. Some Ainu connections may be assumed, but the name could also be purely habitational. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan, the island of Kyushu, and the Ryukyu Islands.

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Distribution of abe Families in the US in 1920
Number of abe families
 60-118
 21-59		 1-20
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Threads: 13 - Messages: 25
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Abe Family - MD or WV victoria_nixon 3
Abe of West Virginia lynn 5
Jim Abe lastonestanding 0
parents of Deskin and Alma Ruth Abe DAGalley 0
ABE Lorraine Sheppard 0
ABES lorrainesheppard 1
abe family zulawilson27 1
FREDERICK ABE - ST. LOUIS, MO CindyDavis1961 2
Huguenot German Abe Rachel 0
ABE, HELEN - BORN MISSOURI cindy940 0
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