Abercrombie is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Abercrombie
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Marshy Ground or a meeting point of two rivers

How popular is Abercrombie?

Abercrombie is common in United States.

Abercrombie is ranked 45230 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Abercrombie bearers increased by 6.061604 per cent in 2010 US census to 6439 since 2000, the surname slipped by 131 spots and ranked at 5405. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.16 81.09
Black 16.93 15.63
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.17
Others 1.72 1.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81 0.59
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.31

Abercrombie is the name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Froth, whence the possessor took his surname. It can also be derived from Aber, marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook. While in Gaelic, Celtic and Cornish Aber translates to the confluence of two or more streams or the mouth of a river, where it flows into the sea. Which is the reason it is often used in reference to marshy ground generally located near the junction of two rivers. It should be noted that a gulf or whirlpool is also occasionally referred as Aber.

Abercrombie is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10638 people have been found who wears Abercrombie as their family name. Abercrombie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,031 China6
116,327 Spain6
381,097 Ukraine4
122,390 Belarus4
119,730 Brazil3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
41,879 Turkey2
3,014 Taiwan2
23,344 Austria2
9,272 Ecuador2
19,046 Ireland2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
24,176 Qatar1
1,704,541 India1
25,721 Egypt1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
153,416 Italy1
897,276 Russia1
29,046 Japan1
50,549 Georgia1
91,024 Belgium1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
277,603 France1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,103 Norway33
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,970 Netherlands66
Countries with hundreds of Abercrombie:
9,430 England688
9,456 Canada423
7,441 Australia386
16,034 South Africa384
1,981 Scotland361
38,477 Germany269
3,201 New Zealand239
Countries with thousands of Abercrombie:
5,120 United States7,737
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

David Abercrombie worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 31 years old embarked for USA from Glasgow on Hynderford and arrived on June 4, 1847. Christine Abercrombie, aged 30, 6 years old David Abercrombie, John Abercrombie (4), 3 years old William Abercrombie, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Christen Paige
 The Surname comes from the agglutination of Gaelic words aber krum by which means the mouth of the winding river that name specifies a characteristic of the ancestral home.

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