# Abrahams (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,641 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,905 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (2,437 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abrahams 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abrahams in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Abrahams

- Jon Abrahams, American film and television actor
- Jim Abrahams, American movie director and writer (1944–2024)
- Zaraah Abrahams, actress
- Marc Abrahams, American scientific editor, Annals of Improbable Research co-founder
- Peter Abrahams, American crime fiction writer

## Similar surnames

Abraham, Abrams, Abram, Abramson, Abrahamson, Abramowitz, Abramov, Abramo, Abramovich, Abrahamyan, Abernathy, Abernethy.

## 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.