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

Abendroth, 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 Abendroth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abendroth in America

Abendroth is the 27581st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abendroth surname appeared 873 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 Abendroth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abendroth 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 Abendroth

The surname Abendroth originates from Germany, with its earliest known records dating back to the 16th century. The name is believed to have originated from the Lower German or Old Saxon words 'avend' meaning evening and 'roth' meaning red, likely referring to the reddish hue of the evening sky.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the parish records of the town of Lübeck, located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Here, a man named Hinrich Abendroth is mentioned in an entry from the year 1583.

As the name spread throughout various regions of Germany, it took on slight variations in spelling, such as Abendroth, Abendrott, and Abendroth. These variations were often influenced by local dialects and the scribes who recorded the names.

In the 17th century, the name appears in several historical documents from the region of Saxony, including records from the city of Leipzig. One notable figure from this time was Johann Abendroth, a merchant and landowner who lived in the town of Grimma between 1620 and 1692.

As the centuries progressed, the Abendroth family spread further across Germany, with descendants settling in areas such as Silesia, Prussia, and Bavaria. In the 19th century, a notable bearer of the name was Friedrich Wilhelm Abendroth, a German jurist and legal scholar who lived from 1827 to 1901.

Another prominent figure was the German composer and conductor Hermann Abendroth, who was born in 1883 and died in 1956. He was known for his interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner and was the chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1915 to 1934.

In the 20th century, the name Abendroth gained recognition through the philosopher and political theorist Wolfgang Abendroth, who lived from 1906 to 1985. He was a prominent figure in the German labor movement and a leading scholar of Marxist theory.

While the Abendroth name has its roots firmly planted in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through immigration, with descendants now found in various countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abendroth

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

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 Abendroth 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 Abendroth 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 Abendroth was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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