Last Name ABERCROMBIE

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Meaning Local: The name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, whence the possessor took his surname; from 'Aber,' marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and 'cruime' or 'crombie,' a bend or crook. 'Aber,' in the Celtic and Gaelic, and also in the Cornish British, signifies the confluence of two or more streams, or the mouth of a river, where it flows into the sea; hence it is often applied to marshy ground, generally near the confluence of two rivers. It also signifies, sometimes, a gulf or whirlpool.
Origin Celtic, Gaelic, Irish

Rank 5,274 (2000 US census) 5,593 (1990 US census)
Count 6,071 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.09%, or 4923 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 15.63%, or 949 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.2%, or 73 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.17%, or 71 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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