How common is the surname Ables?

5,010 people in the United States had the surname Ables in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,626 Americans. It ranked 6,733rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ables getting more or less common?

More common. 4,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,010 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Ables

An occupational surname, carried by 5,010 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A142

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ables is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Derivative of Scots Abel (“son or servant of someone called Abel”). Possibly a respelling of German Abels.

Ables is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,010 people named Ables in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,626 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,935.

#6,733

rank among US surnames

5,010

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,727	Stanek	5,014	61,577
#6,729	Gladney	5,012	61,601
#6,732	Roll	5,011	61,614
#6,733	Gottschalk	5,010	61,626

Who is named Ables

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

88% of people named Ables identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ables

Ables has the Soundex code A142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A142.

Questions

Where does the surname Ables come from?: Derivative of Scots Abel (“son or servant of someone called Abel”). Possibly a respelling of German Abels.
How common is the surname Ables?: 5,010 people in the United States had the surname Ables in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,626 Americans. It ranked 6,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ables?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Ables identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Ables?: Ables is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Ables getting more or less common?: More common. 4,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,010 in 2010, up 1.5%.