# Dabney (surname)

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

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,376 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,793 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,858 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.2% (6,878 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dabney 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) | 38% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dabney in the United States.

## People named Dabney

- Ted Dabney, American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018)
- Augusta Dabney, American actress (1918–2008)

## Similar surnames

Devaney, Devine, Dehaven, Dubon, Dubin, Divine, Depina, Duffin, Devane, Davín, Dauphin, Devinney.

## 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.