Abernathy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Abernathy
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Abernathy

How popular is Abernathy?

Abernathy is common in United States.

Abernathy is ranked 25377 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Abernathy bearers increased by 1.580832 per cent in 2010 US census to 16450 since 2000, the surname slipped by 165 spots and ranked at 2216. The last name was found in around 56 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.42 80.03
Black 16.43 16.55
Hispanic or Latino 2.17 1.17
Others 2.03 1.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.36 0.41
Abernathy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 20166 people have been found who wears Abernathy as their family name. Abernathy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
823,980 India6
46,068 Philippines3
14,126 Colombia3
82,478 South Africa2
91,784 Netherlands2
4,104 South Korea2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
5,936 Bahrain2
20,595 China2
15,162 Costa Rica1
50,549 Georgia1
151,601 Spain1
7,790 Zambia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
169,904 Brazil1
42,479 Greece1
31,207 Ireland1
29,046 Japan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,847 Albania1
47,891 Norway1
7,191 Afghanistan1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
1,879 Belize1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
67,388 Australia26
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,335 Canada73
4,057 Panama65
Countries with hundreds of Abernathy:
59,024 Germany168
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with ten thousands of Abernathy:
2,054 United States19,633
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Abernathy worked as shoemaker and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on New World and arrived on September 21, 1849. Eliza Abernathy, aged 20, Jas. Abernathy (27) Farmer, William Abernathy, aged 16, Jane Abernathy, aged 25, are others that migrated to US.

Abernathy Namesakes

  • Abby Abernathy, Actor
  • Abby Abernathy, Actor
  • Ralph Abernathy, Minister
  • Donzaleigh Abernathy, Actress
  • Ted Abernathy, Baseball player
  • Robert Abernathy, Author
  • Anne Abernathy, Olympic athlete
  • Kristina Abernathy, Meteorologist
  • Brent Abernathy, Baseball athlete
  • Lewis Abernathy, Film actor
  • In 2017 sci-fi movie, Grey Agenda, Sandra Abernathy characterized Laura.

Related Family Names: