Abercrombie

Abercrombie is the 5,362nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,277 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 47,600.

By the numbers

People: 6,277
Rank: 5,362nd
How common: 1 in 47,600
Per 100,000: 2.1

Where the name comes from

Of Scottish Gaelic origin, said to be from the earlier Abarcrumbach.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Abercrombie described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.4%
Black, not Hispanic 15.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie (born 1974)British fantasy writer and film editor
Neil Abercrombie (born 1938)Governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014
Patrick Abercrombie (1879–1957)British architect
John Abercrombie (1944–2017)American jazz guitarist
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977)American painter
Ian Abercrombie (1934–2012)British actor
Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938)English poet, academic, literary critic
James Abercrombie (1706–1781)British Army general

People named Abercrombie with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Abercrombie

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.