How common is the surname Abbas?

4,974 people in the United States had the surname Abbas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. It ranked 6,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Abbas?

In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Abbas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Abbas?

Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president, followed by Mansour Abbas.

Where is the surname Abbas most common?

Wikidata records people named Abbas in Algeria and Israel.

How do you pronounce Abbas?

Abbas is /əˈbɑːs/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Abbas getting more or less common?

More common. 3,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,974 in 2010, up 56%.

Is Abbas also a first name?

Yes. Abbas is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Abbas

An Arabic surname, carried by 4,974 people in the United States.

Pronounced /əˈbɑːs/ 2 syllables Soundex A120 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abbas is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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.

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 4,974 people named Abbas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,199.

#6,781

rank among US surnames

4,974

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+55.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,348)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084

Who is named Abbas

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

47% of people named Abbas identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 47%
Asian and Pacific Islander 39%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abbass

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ferhat Abbas
Algerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president
Mansour Abbas
Arab-Israeli dentist and politician, born 1974

Notable Abbass come mostly from Algeria (1) and Israel (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abbas

Abbasi

Abbas has the Soundex code A120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A120.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Abbas come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Abbas?: 4,974 people in the United States had the surname Abbas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. It ranked 6,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abbas?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Abbas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Abbas?: Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president, followed by Mansour Abbas.
Where is the surname Abbas most common?: Wikidata records people named Abbas in Algeria and Israel.
How do you pronounce Abbas?: Abbas is /əˈbɑːs/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Abbas getting more or less common?: More common. 3,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,974 in 2010, up 56%.
Is Abbas also a first name?: Yes. Abbas is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.