Abernathy

Abernathy is the 2,266th most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,633 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 19,100.

By the numbers

People: 15,633
Rank: 2,266th
How common: 1 in 19,100
Per 100,000: 5.2

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 75.3%
Black, not Hispanic 16.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Abernathy

Ralph Abernathy (1926–1990)American civil rights activist and minister
Donzaleigh Abernathy (born 1957)American film actress, producer, writer

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

Surnames like Abernathy

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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.