How common is the surname Abramson?

4,875 people in the United States had the surname Abramson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,332 Americans. It ranked 6,896th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Abramson?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Abramson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Abramson?

Norman Abramson, American computer scientist, engineer (1932–2020), followed by Herb Abramson.

Where is the surname Abramson most common?

Wikidata records people named Abramson in the United States.

Is the surname Abramson getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,875 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Abramson

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,875 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). Abramson is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

From Abram + -son.

Abramson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,875 people named Abramson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,332 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,981.

#6,896

rank among US surnames

4,875

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,888	Gloria	4,878	63,293
#6,892	Siu	4,877	63,306
#6,894	Welty	4,876	63,319
#6,896	Abramson	4,875	63,332
#6,898	Cervantez	4,874	63,345
#6,899	Erazo	4,873	63,358

Who is named Abramson

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

91% of people named Abramson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abramsons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Abramson
American computer scientist, engineer (1932–2020)
Herb Abramson
American record company executive (1916–1999)
Henry Abramson
Academic, historian, born 1963
Jerry Abramson
American politician in Kentucky (born 1946)
Seth Abramson
American professor, poet, attorney, and author, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abramson

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

Questions

Where does the surname Abramson come from?: From Abram + -son.
How common is the surname Abramson?: 4,875 people in the United States had the surname Abramson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,332 Americans. It ranked 6,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abramson?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Abramson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Abramson?: Norman Abramson, American computer scientist, engineer (1932–2020), followed by Herb Abramson.
Where is the surname Abramson most common?: Wikidata records people named Abramson in the United States.
What type of surname is Abramson?: Abramson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Abramson getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,875 in 2010, down 2.1%.