Abney Family History
Abney Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Abney,
from the Old English personal name Abba (+ genitive -n)
+ Old English eg ‘island’. The surname is now much more
common in the U.S. than in England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Abney Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abney families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Abney Family Origin
Abney Emigration Information (US)
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Abney Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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