Explore the Family Name Abramowitz

The meaning of Abramowitz

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Abram, a shortened form of the personal name Abraham. The ending -owitz is a Germanized form of the East Slavic patronymic ending -ovich, Polish -owicz. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Elkan, Mayer, Moshe, Shloma, Ari, Aron, Chain, Chana, Frima, Isador.

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How common is the last name Abramowitz in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Abramowitz has seen a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 13,144 and by 2010, it dropped slightly to 13,376, marking a negative change of 1.77%. However, despite this drop in rank, the total count of individuals with this surname actually increased by 6.75% over this decade, from 2,133 to 2,277. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a minor decline, dropping from 0.79 to 0.77.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,144	#13,376	-1.77%
Count	2,133	2,277	6.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.79	0.77	-2.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Abramowitz

When looking at the ethnic identities associated with the Abramowitz surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority identify as White. This percentage did see a modest decrease from 97.33% in 2000 to 96.05% in 2010. Over that same decade, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those claiming two or more races saw incremental increases of 15.79% and 3.75%, respectively. The most notable increase was seen in those identifying as Hispanic, which rose from 1.45% to 2.50% – a sizable increase of 72.41%. There were no reported changes for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.33%	96.05%	-1.32%
Hispanic	1.45%	2.5%	72.41%
Two or More Races	0.8%	0.83%	3.75%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.38%	0.44%	15.79%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%