Abston Family History
Abston Name Meaning
Of uncertain origin; perhaps from an English place name, but not
now recorded in England as a surname. One possibility is Abson near
Bristol, earlier Abston; another is Adstone in
Northamptonshire, which is named from an Old English personal name
Ættin + Old English tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Abston Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abston families
 18 - 34  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Abston families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Abston families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Abston Family Origin
Abston Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Abston
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Abston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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