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    The surname Abernathy

    A surname, carried by 16,450 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A165

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abernathy is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Alternative form of Abernethy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,450 people named Abernathy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,769 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,194.

    #2,216
    rank among US surnames
    16,450
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,051)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,207Reagan16,49118,722
    #2,208Anguiano16,47918,736
    #2,209Lincoln16,47718,738
    #2,210Tamayo16,47418,741
    #2,211Perdue16,46418,753
    #2,212Easley16,45918,758
    #2,213O'Rourke16,45718,761

    Who is named Abernathy

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Abernathy identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Abernathys

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ralph Abernathy
      American civil rights activist and minister (1926–1990)
    • Donzaleigh Abernathy
      American film actress, producer, writer, born 1957
    • Brent Abernathy
      American baseball player, born 1977
    • Anne Abernathy
      American sportswoman, born 1953
    • Robert Abernathy
      American writer (1924-1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abernathy

    Abernathy has the Soundex code A165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A165.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Abernathy?
    16,450 people in the United States had the surname Abernathy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,769 Americans. It ranked 2,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abernathy?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Abernathy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Abernathy?
    Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist and minister (1926–1990), followed by Donzaleigh Abernathy.
    Where is the surname Abernathy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abernathy in the United States.
    Is the surname Abernathy getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,450 in 2010, up 1.6%.