Last Name ABEL

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Meaning	The son of Abel. Vanity, breath.

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, French, Chilean, Irish, Slovakian, Romanian, Estonian, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian, Malagasy

Rank	1,809 (2000 US census)	1,774 (1990 US census)

Count	18,243 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.18%, or 16452 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.18%, or 763 total occurrences, as black,
0.66%, or 120 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 151 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.46%, or 266 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.67%, or 487 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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