The Abney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,948 people carried this name — #3,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,743 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Abney surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Abney» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Abney in American newspapers,
1892–1907.

Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Abney
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1907-07-23
Newspaper page from Grant County Herald carrying the name Abney
Grant County Herald 1907-06-08
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Abney
New-york Tribune 1892-06-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Abney in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

173 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Abney. The most, 59, 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 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 54
Victoria 34
Queensland 29
Western Australia 21
South Australia 20
Tasmania 9
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Abney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Abney
    Thomas Abney 1640–1722 · politician
  • Anne Bracebridge d. 1793
  • Edward Abney d. 1645 · academic
  • Ellen Wolseley 1514–1571
  • Edward Abney 1631–1728 · politician
  • Edward Abney 1631–1728 · politician

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 Abney,
in the records of 2 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 States471 records

471 records of the Abney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 325
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 121
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • 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 Artis Abney

    Born 1930; from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Shakespeare F. Abney

    Born 1923 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Terry Douglas Abney

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1996; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 471 records for Abney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Abney name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Zed A. Abney

    Died 1913; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eugene Torrence Abney

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alonzo Jonathan Marion Abney

    Died 1948; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Abney in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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Surnames next to Abney.

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