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

Abens, 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 Abens surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abens in America

Abens is the 92358th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abens surname appeared 199 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 Abens.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abens 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 Abens

The surname ABENS is believed to have originated in Germany during the late medieval period, though its exact roots are uncertain. It may have derived from the Old German word "abentz," meaning "evening" or "eventide," possibly referring to a person who worked late into the night or lived in a place where the sun set early due to geographical features.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name ABENS can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Anhaltinus, a 14th-century collection of documents related to the princes of Anhalt, a former state in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Here, a certain Johannes Abens is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Zerbst in 1347.

In the 15th century, the ABENS name appears in the records of the Free Imperial City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a well-preserved medieval town in Bavaria. The Rothenburg Town Book of 1432 lists a blacksmith named Hans Abens among the city's residents.

The name ABENS may also have ties to the town of Abens, located in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria. This could suggest that the surname originated as a locative name, referring to a person who hailed from this particular place.

Notable individuals with the surname ABENS include:

1. Johannes Abens (fl. 1347), landowner in Zerbst, Anhalt, mentioned in the Codex Diplomaticus Anhaltinus.
2. Hans Abens (fl. 1432), blacksmith in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, listed in the Rothenburg Town Book.
3. Margaretha Abens (1512-1587), German midwife and herbalist from Nuremberg.
4. Johann Abens (1673-1745), German Lutheran theologian and author of "Disputatio de Diaconissa Veteris Ecclesiae" (Treatise on the Deaconesses of the Early Church).
5. Wilhelm Abens (1842-1906), German painter and illustrator known for his depictions of rural life in Bavaria.

While the surname ABENS may have evolved from various linguistic roots and place names over the centuries, its presence in historical records across different regions of Germany attests to its enduring legacy as a distinctly German family name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abens

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

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

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