# Abbot (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/abbot/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 859 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,918 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 359,424 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.6% (873 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Abbott.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abbot 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abbot in the United States, the Kingdom of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Abbot

- Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973)
- George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Abbot, British born, American entomologist, ornithologist and scientific illustrator (1751-1840)
- Charles Abbot, British clergyman, botanist and entomologist (1761-1817)
- Ezra Abbot, American librarian and biblical scholar (1819–1884)
- Henry Larcom Abbot, American military officer (1831-1927)
- Francis Ellingwood Abbot, American philosopher and theologian (1836-1903)
- Robert Abbot, Anglican clergyman and academic, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Bishop of Salisbury
- Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester, British barrister and politician (1757-1829)

## Similar surnames

Abbott, Abbate, Abdo, Abboud, Abdi, Abad, Abeyta, Abate, Avitia, Abed, Abadie, Abt.

## 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.