# Abbey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/abbey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A British surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,150 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,574 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (4,994 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abbey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abbey in the United States.

## People named Abbey

- Edward Abbey, American author and essayist (1927-1989)
- Edwin Austin Abbey, American illustrator and painter (1852-1911)
- Lynn Abbey, American writer
- Henry Abbey, American poet (1842-1911)
- George Abbey, American NASA administrator (1932–2024)

## Similar surnames

Abe, Abbe, Ayoub, Appiah, Avey, Aube.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.