Abt Family History
Abt Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from Old Low German or Middle Dutch
abt ‘abbot’, hence an occupational name for a servant of an
abbot or a nickname for someone thought to resemble an abbot in some
way. In some instances it may have been from a house name.Jewish (central Ashkenazic): from Abt, the German name of
Opatów in Poland, or from Apt, the Yiddish name of this
city.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Abt
Name Distribution of Abt Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abt families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Abt families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Abt last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Abt census records
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Abt Family Origin
Abt Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Abt
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Abt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Abt census records
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