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    The surname Abad

    A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 6,446 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A130

    Abad: #5,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abad #5,401, 6,446 people Abad: #5,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abad #5,401, 6,446 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abad is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish, of occupational origin. Doublet of Abbott.

    Abad is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,446 people named Abad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,897 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,795.

    #5,401
    rank among US surnames
    6,446
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,523)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,397Blaine6,45147,860
    #5,399Eberhardt6,45047,868
    #5,400Rounds6,44747,890
    #5,401Abad6,44647,897

    Who is named Abad

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    52% of people named Abad identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Abads

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Manuel Abad y Queipo
      Bishop of Valladolid, 1751–1825

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abad

    Abad has the Soundex code A130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A130.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abad come from?
    From Spanish, of occupational origin. Doublet of Abbott.
    How common is the surname Abad?
    6,446 people in the United States had the surname Abad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,897 Americans. It ranked 5,401st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abad?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Abad identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Abad?
    Manuel Abad y Queipo, bishop of Valladolid.
    Where is the surname Abad most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abad in Spain.
    What type of surname is Abad?
    Abad is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Abad getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,446 in 2010, up 34%.