How common is the surname Abrahams?

2,641 people in the United States had the surname Abrahams in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abrahams?

Jon Abrahams, American film and television actor, followed by Jim Abrahams.

Where is the surname Abrahams most common?

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

Is the surname Abrahams getting more or less common?

More common. 2,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Abrahams

A surname, carried by 2,641 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abrahams is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,641 people named Abrahams in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,437.

#11,856

rank among US surnames

2,641

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,856	Stage	2,641	116,905
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993

Who is named Abrahams

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

68% of people named Abrahams identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abrahamss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Abrahams
American film and television actor, born 1977
Jim Abrahams
American movie director and writer (1944–2024)
Zaraah Abrahams
Actress, born 1987
Marc Abrahams
American scientific editor, Annals of Improbable Research co-founder, born 1956
Peter Abrahams
American crime fiction writer, born 1947

Notable Abrahamss come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abrahams

Abrahams 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 Abrahams?: 2,641 people in the United States had the surname Abrahams in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abrahams?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Abrahams identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abrahams?: Jon Abrahams, American film and television actor, followed by Jim Abrahams.
Where is the surname Abrahams most common?: Wikidata records people named Abrahams in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Abrahams getting more or less common?: More common. 2,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 8.4%.