Abraham Family History
Abraham Name Meaning
From the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by a
Biblical patriarch revered by Jews as the founding father of the
Jewish people (Genesis 11–25), and by Muslims as founder of all the
Semitic peoples, both Hebrew and Arab (compare Ibrahim). The
name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from Hebrew av
hamon goyim ‘father of a multitude of nations’. It was widely used
as a personal name among Christians as well as Jews in the Middle Ages
in diverse cultures from northern Europe to southern India. It is also
found as a given name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. has
come to be used as a family name among families from Kerala.Irish: English name adopted as an equivalent of
Gaelic Mac an Bhreitheamhan ‘son of the judge’. See
McBroom.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
519,108
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Abraham
Name Distribution of Abraham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abraham families
 395 - 787  132 - 394 |
 1 - 131  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Abraham families
|
21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Abraham census records
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Abraham Family Origin
Abraham Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Abraham families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Abraham Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Abraham families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Abraham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Abraham census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Abraham ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Abraham
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