# Abbas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/abbas/  
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 Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,974 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,072 people |
| Change since 2000 | +56% (3,199 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /əˈbɑːs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abbas 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 39% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 5.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abbas in Algeria and Israel.

## People named Abbas

- Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president
- Mansour Abbas, Arab-Israeli dentist and politician

## Similar surnames

Abbasi, Avis.

## 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.