Abbey is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Abbey
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: English name for one who lives near an abbey, possibly one who works there. Alternative: Abbay.

How popular is Abbey?

Abbey is common in Nigeria.

Abbey is ranked 7757 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Abbey bearers increased by 3.123749 per cent in 2010 US census to 5150 since 2000, the surname slipped by 293 spots and ranked at 6574. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.19 87
Black 11.2 7.05
Others 2.14 2.16
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.54
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.26 1.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.15 1.06
Abbey is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ghana which signifies that it is originated from Ghana. Around 69777 people have been found who wears Abbey as their family name. Abbey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
5,318 China8
527,030 Indonesia7
3,259 Ivory Coast5
122,390 Belarus4
14,193 Egypt3
30,723 Georgia3
18,718 Thailand2
12,844 Pakistan2
54,135 Philippines2
44,018 Poland2
5,298 Botswana2
23,344 Austria2
40,256 Mexico2
18,625 Japan2
139,444 Brazil2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
6,103 Cyprus2
26,532 Chile2
7,847 Albania1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,941 Guatemala1
10,958 Bangladesh1
8,859 Iraq1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,595 Iran1
9,498 Iceland1
3,993 El Salvador1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,505 Congo1
24,176 Qatar1
1,254 Gibraltar1
123,175 Tanzania1
25,746 Finland1
799 British Virgin Islands1
120,357 Argentina1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,190 Barbados1
1,572 Macau1
4,942 Libya1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
40,340 Malaysia1
971 Seychelles1
2,196 Liberia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
77,122 Sweden1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,005 The Gambia1
53,505 Turkey1
10,190 Bahrain1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
6,212 Jamaica1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,429 New Zealand45
55,100 Spain33
43,662 Belgium30
57,220 Netherlands27
23,443 Norway26
162,376 Ukraine20
10,383 Burkina Faso20
15,050 Singapore18
12,878 Mauritania16
29,040 Denmark15
406,964 Russia14
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
12,775 Israel82
5,257 Wales68
17,456 Switzerland63
1,910 Senegal55
Countries with hundreds of Abbey:
3,382 Australia912
6,958 Canada606
12,297 South Africa511
10,157 Kenya471
24,414 France404
38,477 Germany269
2,519 Ireland175
137,729 India130
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Abbey:
6,170 United States6,318
177 Togo3,885
735 Benin2,578
3,249 England2,371
3,860 Uganda1,307
Countries with ten thousands of Abbey:
128 Ghana30,034
1,337 Nigeria18,952
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

David Abbey was 12 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on November 7, 1848. He lived in Carlow, Ireland and took Fingal from Dublin. Workman John Abbey, Thomas Abbey, aged 48, Butler Pearce Abbey, Abigail Abbey, aged 32, Ann Abbey, Robert Abbey, aged 6, Servant Robert Abbey, are other Abbey that migrated to US.

Abbey Namesakes

  • Edward Abbey, Author
  • Greg Abbey, Voice actor
  • Lynn Abbey, Author
  • Kelley Abbey, Actress
  • Graham Abbey, Film actor
  • George Abbey, Soccer player
  • Nathan Abbey, Soccer player
  • Zema Abbey, Soccer player
  • Ben Abbey, Soccer player
  • Ross Abbey, Australian Rules Footballer

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