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

Abramson, 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 Abramson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abramson in America

Abramson is the 6896th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abramson surname appeared 4,875 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Abramson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abramson 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 Abramson

The surname Abramson is of Ashkenazic Jewish origin, deriving from the Hebrew name "Avraham" or "Abraham." The name first emerged in the Middle Ages among Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe.

Abramson is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally formed by adding the suffix "-son" to the personal name "Abram," indicating "son of Abram." This naming convention was common among Ashkenazi Jews, who often adopted surnames based on the given names of their ancestors.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Abramson can be found in the Pinkas Kehillat Friedberg, a 16th-century Jewish community record from the town of Friedberg, Germany. This document mentions an individual named Joseph Abramson, who lived in the late 1500s.

In the 17th century, the Abramson surname appeared in various Jewish communities across Europe. Notable individuals from this time period include Rabbi Judah Abramson (1638-1703), a prominent Talmudic scholar and author from Krakow, Poland.

As Jewish communities faced persecution and expulsion from various regions, the Abramson name spread throughout Europe and eventually to other parts of the world. In the 18th century, the surname can be found in records from Amsterdam, where a prominent Jewish family named Abramson resided.

One of the most famous individuals with the Abramson surname was Ralph Abramson (1900-1970), an American film producer and talent agent who founded the agency known today as International Creative Management (ICM). Another notable figure was Harold Abramson (1899-1980), a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served as a judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Other individuals bearing the Abramson surname include Moses Abramson (1858-1920), a Russian-American painter and illustrator; Lily Abramson (1904-1989), an American actress and dancer; and Jill Abramson (born 1954), a prominent American journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times.

The Abramson surname has a rich history rooted in the Jewish diaspora, reflecting the migration and perseverance of Ashkenazi Jewish communities across Europe and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abramson

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

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

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