The Abramson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,875 people carried this name — #6,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,981 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Abramson surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Abram + -son.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Abraham’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: John Abraam, Bedfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Abraham, Abrahams, Abrahamson, Abram, Abrams and Abramson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 38 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 83 people named Abramson live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 34
Buenos Aires Province 25
City of Buenos Aires 24

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

37 people named Abramson is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Abramson in American newspapers,
1893–1909.

Newspaper page from Randolph Enterprise carrying the name Abramson
Randolph Enterprise 1909-09-02
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Abramson
The Birmingham Age-herald 1906-12-15
Newspaper page from Delaware Gazette And State Journal carrying the name Abramson
Delaware Gazette And State Journal 1893-05-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,609 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Abramson in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1990s.

212 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Abramson. The most, 50, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 100
New South Wales 53
Western Australia 19
Queensland 8
South Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 3
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Abramson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abraham Abramson
    Abraham Abramson 1752–1811 · sculptor
  • Abraham Abramson
    Abraham Abramson 1754–1811 · sculptor
  • Shahno Abramson
    Shahno Abramson 1861–1907 · lawyer
  • Ivan Abramson
    Ivan Abramson 1869–1934 · screenwriter
  • Axel Abramson 1855–1914 · merchant
  • Joosep Abramson 1874–1941 · physician

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 Abramson,
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 States2,030 records

2,030 records of the Abramson name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,024
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 329
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 327
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 221
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leon C. Abramson

    Born 1925 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; musician from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, 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)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sore Abramson

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Circassia from Glasgow and Londonderry, aged 30; farmer. From Kowno, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Andrew John Abramson

    Born 1947; from Lake Oswego, Oregon. U.S. Army, attack helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,030 records for Abramson in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Abramson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Herman Abramson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Lightning, aged 18; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gerga Abramson

    Arrived in Queensland in 1900 aboard the Oroya, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Rose Abramson

    Teacher of Murrumbeena, Victoria; died 1990.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Abramson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Abramson name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gerda Christina Abramson

    Died 1952; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Roderick A. Abramson

    Died 1939 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Roderick William Abramson

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 18 records for Abramson in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands11 records

11 records of the Abramson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sara Abramson

    Died 1856 in Dieren, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pieter Abramson

    Married in 1661 in Oudewater.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Merrie Lea Abramson

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1867 in Bausken Rusl.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Abramson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Abramson 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 Robert Joseph Abramson

    Born 1906 in Paris; died 1989 in Paris.

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

    Born 1919 in the United States; died 1998 in Saint-Barthélemy (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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