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Life and Society → Genealogy → Name origins and meanings → Russian name origins → Russian surnames, A → Russian Surnames, Ab → Russian Surnames, Abe
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  • Chris Hansen
    1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Abele (see Abeles) + German Mann ‘man’. 2. Americanized spelling of German Abelmann, which is from the personal name Abel (a pet form of Albrecht) + -mann as a diminutive suffix. 3. This surname was brought to PA from Germany by one Heinrich Abelmann in the 18th century. http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/abelman
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