The Abner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,577 people carried this name — #6,143 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,900 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,061 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 39 people named Abner.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often La Réunion.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
La Réunion 28
Maine-et-Loire 3
Côtes-d’Armor 1
Gironde 1
Marne 1
Sarthe 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Abner in American newspapers,
1913–1919.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Abner
El Paso Herald 1919-08-09
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Abner
The Beatrice Daily Express 1915-12-15
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Abner
The Day Book 1913-12-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 167,865 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Abner in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

891 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Abner. The most, 170, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 375
Victoria 183
Western Australia 148
Queensland 87
South Australia 76
Tasmania 16
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Abner.

Who carried it

People named Abner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Abner
    David Abner 1826–1902 · politician
  • David Abner Jr.
    David Abner Jr. 1860–1928 · journalist
  • Raymond Abner 1919–1999 · painter
  • Ewart Abner 1923–1997 · music executive

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Abner,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States267 records

267 records of the Abner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl Edward Abner

    Born 1947; from Campbell, California. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Preston Abner

    Born 1923 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Cincinnati, Ohio; metal worker from Warren County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mart Abner

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Rotterdam from Rotterdam, aged 46; laborer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 267 records for Abner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France14 records

14 records of the Abner name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Claudette Charlotte Augustine Abner

    Born 1928 in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (Marne); died 1975 in Orléans (Loiret).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Joseph Abner

    Born 1910 in Saint Pierre de la Reunion; died 1994 in Saint-Louis (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Georgette Abner

    Born 1904 in Saint Pierre de la Reunion; died 1995 in Saint-Denis (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Abner in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Abner name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 8
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Philip Abner

    Married in 1641 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Adriana Johana Abner

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1831 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jan Abner

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1798 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Abner in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany9 records

9 records of the Abner name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Abner

    From Wiesbaden. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 22 November 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 168).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Abner

    From Merxheim, Meisenheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 July 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 9 records for Abner in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Abner name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Trueman Abner

    Married 1889 in Main-a-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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