How common is the surname Dabney?

7,376 people in the United States had the surname Dabney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,858 Americans. It ranked 4,793rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dabney?

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

Where is the surname Dabney most common?

Wikidata records people named Dabney in the United States.

Is the surname Dabney getting more or less common?

More common. 6,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,376 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Dabney

A Norman place surname, carried by 7,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dabney is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

Dabney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,376 people named Dabney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,858 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,878.

#4,793

rank among US surnames

7,376

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,784	Gerlach	7,394	41,756
#4,785	McMichael	7,392	41,768
#4,786	Baskin	7,389	41,784
#4,787	Talbott	7,386	41,801
#4,788	Utley	7,385	41,807
#4,789	Koester	7,380	41,835
#4,790	Boatwright	7,379	41,841

Who is named Dabney

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

56% of people named Dabney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dabneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dabney

Devaney

Dabney has the Soundex code D150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D150.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dabney come from?: Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.
How common is the surname Dabney?: 7,376 people in the United States had the surname Dabney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,858 Americans. It ranked 4,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dabney?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Dabney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dabney?: Ted Dabney, American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018), followed by Augusta Dabney.
Where is the surname Dabney most common?: Wikidata records people named Dabney in the United States.
What type of surname is Dabney?: Dabney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dabney getting more or less common?: More common. 6,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,376 in 2010, up 7.2%.