How common is the last name Abernathy?

15,633 people in the United States have the last name Abernathy, about 1 in 19,120. It ranks #2,266 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ABERNATHY

#2,266

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,633
About
1 in 19,120
This common or more
49.3%
Who bears it

Of the 15,633 people with the last name Abernathy, 75.3% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abernathy, most common first.

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