The McAbee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,049 people carried this name — #8,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,901 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McAbee surname

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.

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

In print

McAbee in American newspapers,
1922–1929.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name McAbee
The Montgomery Advertiser 1924-09-05
Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name McAbee
The Daily Worker 1929-03-21
Newspaper page from The Lubbock Avalanche carrying the name McAbee
The Lubbock Avalanche 1922-06-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,980 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McAbee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elise McAbee
    Elise McAbee 1920–1991 · engineer
  • Palmer McAbee 1894–1970 · harmonicist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McAbee,
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 States53 records

53 records of the McAbee name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Edward McAbee

    Born 1928; from Upson County, Georgia. U.S. Army, sales clerk; declared dead 1950 in South Korea. Buried at South View Cemetery, Thomaston, Georgia.

    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 William J. McAbee

    Born 1919 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1940 at Lawton; route man from Custer County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leslie G. McAbee

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1900, died 1980; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

Showing 3 of 53 records for McAbee in the United States.

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

Canada2 records

2 records of the McAbee name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. 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 John Kenneth McAbee

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 1 of 2 records for McAbee in Canada.

Counts: 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: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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