Dabney

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.

Dabney (countable and uncountable, plural Dabneys)

1. A surname from Norman.
2. A placename deriving from the surname:
   1. An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Vance County, North Carolina, United States.
   5. A ghost town in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.
   6. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dabney is the 4793^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7376 individuals. Dabney is most common among Black/African American (56.03%) and White (38.11%) individuals.

• Ernest Nègre - Toponymie générale de la France - Volume 1 - Page 538

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dabney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 401.

• Ben Day, Denaby, benday