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

Avramov, 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 Avramov surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Avramov in America

Avramov is the 141140th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Avramov surname appeared 118 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 Avramov.

The history of the last name Avramov

The surname AVRAMOV originated in Bulgaria and the surrounding Slavic regions of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Biblical name Abraham, rendered in Slavic languages as Avram or Avraam. The -ov suffix indicates a patronymic, meaning "son of Avram."

AVRAMOV likely emerged as a surname in the 13th or 14th century, as hereditary family names became more common among the Eastern Orthodox Christian population of the Balkans. Early variants of the spelling included Avramovic, Avramovich, and Avramov.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name AVRAMOV appears in a 16th century census record from the town of Ruse, in present-day northern Bulgaria. The document lists an Avram Avramov, a landowner and cattle farmer.

During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria from the 14th to 19th centuries, the AVRAMOV name was found among both the Bulgarian Christian population and the Muslim Bulgarian Turks who had converted to Islam. Notable bearers of the name from this era include Ismail Avramov (c.1640-1711), a Muslim landowner and military officer in the Ottoman forces.

As Bulgaria regained independence in the late 19th century, the AVRAMOV surname became more widespread. Stoyan Avramov (1857-1925) was a prominent educator and principal of the Aprilov National High School in Gabrovo. Konstantin Avramov (1888-1972) was a respected painter and educator at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia.

Other notable individuals with the surname AVRAMOV include the Soviet World War II general Sergei Avramov (1891-1963), and the Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Armen Avramov (1928-1997).

The AVRAMOV name maintains a strong presence in modern-day Bulgaria, as well as among the Bulgarian diaspora communities around the world. Its origins trace back to the Biblical patriarch Abraham and the early spread of Christianity in the Slavic lands.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Avramov

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

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 Avramov 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.

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

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