# Abad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/abad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish of Spanish occupational origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,446 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,401 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,897 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (4,795 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish, of occupational origin. Doublet of Abbott.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abad in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 34% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abad in Spain.

## People named Abad

- Manuel Abad y Queipo, bishop of Valladolid

## Similar surnames

Abdi, Abate, Abdo, Abed, Abadie, Abid, Abadi, Abbott, Abeyta, Avitia, Abbate, Abboud.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.