How common is the surname Abbe?

1,368 people in the United States had the surname Abbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abbe?

James Abbe, American photographer (1883-1973), followed by Robert Abbe.

Where is the surname Abbe most common?

Wikidata records people named Abbe in the United States.

Is the surname Abbe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Abbe

A surname, carried by 1,368 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abbe is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Abbey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,368 people named Abbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,333.

#19,697

rank among US surnames

1,368

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,938)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,688	Matuszak	1,369	225,526
#19,697	Abbe	1,368	225,691
#19,703	Antillon	1,367	225,856

Who is named Abbe

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

92% of people named Abbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abbes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Abbe
American photographer (1883-1973)
Robert Abbe
American surgeon and radiologist (1851–1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abbe

Abbe has the Soundex code A100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A100.

Questions

Where does the surname Abbe come from?: Variant of Abbey.
How common is the surname Abbe?: 1,368 people in the United States had the surname Abbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abbe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Abbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abbe?: James Abbe, American photographer (1883-1973), followed by Robert Abbe.
Where is the surname Abbe most common?: Wikidata records people named Abbe in the United States.
Is the surname Abbe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 2.6%.