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    The surname Abadi

    An Arabic surname, carried by 655 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A130

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abadi is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic ابادي and Amharic ኣባዲ (ʾabadi). This surname is mostly found in Yemen and Ethiopia.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 655 people named Abadi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 471,367 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 506.

    #34,539
    rank among US surnames
    655
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.4%
    change since 2000 (was #40,690)

    Who is named Abadi

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

    71% of people named Abadi identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
    • Two or more races 6.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Abadis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martín Abadi
      Argentinian computer scientist, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abadi

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

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abadi come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic ابادي and Amharic ኣባዲ (ʾabadi). This surname is mostly found in Yemen and Ethiopia.
    How common is the surname Abadi?
    655 people in the United States had the surname Abadi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 471,367 Americans. It ranked 34,539th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abadi?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Abadi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Abadi?
    Martín Abadi, Argentinian computer scientist.
    Where is the surname Abadi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abadi in Argentina.
    Is the surname Abadi getting more or less common?
    More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 655 in 2010, up 29%.