Abraham Family History
Abraham Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
508,301
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Name Distribution of Abraham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abraham families
 183 - 363  62 - 182 |
 1 - 61  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Abraham families
|
395 - 787 132 - 394 |
1 - 131 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Abraham families
|
21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Abraham Family Origin
Abraham Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Abraham
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Abraham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Abraham Civil War Service Records
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