Abney
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Abba + īeġ (“island”).
Proper noun
[edit]Abney (countable and uncountable, plural Abneys)
- A village in Abney and Abney Grange parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK194792).
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Abney is the 3579th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9948 individuals. Abney is most common among White (68.8%) and Black/African American (26.27%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Derbyshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Derbyshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English