Find out how popular the last name Abegg is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Abegg.

Abegg, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Abegg surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abegg in America

Abegg is the 64054th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abegg surname appeared 311 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Abegg.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abegg to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Abegg

The surname Abegg is of German origin, derived from the Old High German word 'abagoug', meaning 'away bend'. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone living near a winding river or stream.

The earliest recorded instances of the name date back to the 12th century, with references found in historical documents from the Rhineland region of Germany. One notable mention is in the 'Codex Diplomaticus Nassoicus', a collection of charters and records from Nassau, where an individual named Petrus Abegg is mentioned in 1192.

During the 13th century, the name appears to have spread to other parts of Germany, including Saxony and Bavaria. In the 'Liber Censualis' of 1285, a record of landowners in Saxony, there is an entry for a certain Heinrich Abegg.

The Abegg family is known to have held noble status in some regions of Germany, with several members serving as knights and officials in various courts. One such example is Gottfried von Abegg, a knight who fought in the Crusades and is mentioned in the 'Annales Pragenses' chronicle from the 13th century.

In the 15th century, the name is found in records from the city of Nuremberg, where a merchant named Hans Abegg is listed as a member of the city council in 1472.

Notable individuals with the surname Abegg throughout history include:

1. Johann Friedrich Abegg (1765-1840), a German physicist and chemist known for his contributions to the study of electrochemistry.

2. Julius Friedrich Heinrich Abegg (1796-1868), a German theologian and philosopher who wrote extensively on the concept of the 'Absolute' in Hegelian philosophy.

3. Emil Abegg (1835-1910), a German industrialist and entrepreneur who founded the Abegg-Werke, a company that produced textile machinery.

4. Lily Abegg (1901-1994), a Swiss painter and sculptor who was part of the Expressionist movement in the early 20th century.

5. Ernst Abegg (1903-1974), a German physicist and pioneer in the field of solid-state physics, known for his work on the theory of ionic crystals.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abegg

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Abegg.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Abegg was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Abegg has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Abegg was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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