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    The surname McAbee

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,049 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M210

    McAbee: #8,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McAbee #8,196, 4,049 people McAbee: #8,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McAbee #8,196, 4,049 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAbee is more common than 94.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac an Beatha (“son of life”), from beatha (“life”), originally a term denoting a monk, but later used as a personal name.

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

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,049 people named McAbee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,252 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,901.

    #8,196
    rank among US surnames
    4,049
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,867)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,189Severino4,05176,215
    #8,195Teter4,05076,233
    #8,196McAbee4,04976,252
    #8,198Woosley4,04876,271
    #8,201Macomber4,04776,290
    #8,205Gallup4,04676,309

    Who is named McAbee

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

    89% of people named McAbee identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Abee

    Surnames that sound like McAbee

    McAbee has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McAbee come from?
    Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac an Beatha (“son of life”), from beatha (“life”), originally a term denoting a monk, but later used as a personal name.
    How common is the surname McAbee?
    4,049 people in the United States had the surname McAbee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,252 Americans. It ranked 8,196th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McAbee?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McAbee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McAbee?
    McAbee is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McAbee getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,049 in 2010, up 3.8%.
    What are other spellings of McAbee?
    Abee.