How common is the surname Abate?

4,344 people in the United States had the surname Abate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,074 Americans. It ranked 7,644th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abate?

Catherine Abate, American politician.

Where is the surname Abate most common?

Wikidata records people named Abate in the United States.

Is the surname Abate getting more or less common?

More common. 3,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,344 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Abate

An Italian surname, carried by 4,344 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abate is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Abate.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,344 people named Abate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,074 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,885.

#7,644

rank among US surnames

4,344

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,905)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,638	Grizzle	4,347	71,025
#7,641	Walcott	4,346	71,041
#7,643	Kerby	4,345	71,058
#7,644	Ito	4,344	71,074
#7,647	Carlsen	4,343	71,090
#7,650	McGuinness	4,342	71,107

Who is named Abate

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

85% of people named Abate identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abates

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Catherine Abate
American politician, 1947–2014

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abate

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Abate come from?: Borrowed from Italian Abate.
How common is the surname Abate?: 4,344 people in the United States had the surname Abate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,074 Americans. It ranked 7,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abate?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Abate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abate?: Catherine Abate, American politician.
Where is the surname Abate most common?: Wikidata records people named Abate in the United States.
Is the surname Abate getting more or less common?: More common. 3,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,344 in 2010, up 12%.