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    The surname Abalos

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,463 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A142

    Abalos: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abalos #12,566, 2,463 people Abalos: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abalos #12,566, 2,463 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abalos is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Ábalos. This surname is more common in the Philippines.

    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 2,463 people named Abalos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,037.

    #12,566
    rank among US surnames
    2,463
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,658)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201
    #12,560Randles2,465125,252
    #12,565Yandell2,464125,303
    #12,566Naples2,463125,353

    Who is named Abalos

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

    49% of people named Abalos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 40%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Abaloss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alfredo Ábalos
      Argentinian association football player, born 1986
    • Jorge Washington Ábilos
      Argentine teacher and writer, 1915–1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abalos

    Abalos has the Soundex code A142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A142.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abalos come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Ábalos. This surname is more common in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Abalos?
    2,463 people in the United States had the surname Abalos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. It ranked 12,566th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abalos?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Abalos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Abalos?
    Alfredo Ábalos, Argentinian association football player, followed by Jorge Washington Ábilos.
    Where is the surname Abalos most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abalos in Argentina.
    Is the surname Abalos getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,463 in 2010, up 21%.