How common is the surname Abbot?

859 people in the United States had the surname Abbot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abbot?

Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973), followed by George Abbot.

Where is the surname Abbot most common?

Wikidata records people named Abbot in the United States, the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Abbot getting more or less common?

Less common. 873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Abbot

A surname, carried by 859 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). Abbot is more common than 82.8% of them.

Origin

Variant spelling of Abbott.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 859 people named Abbot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 873.

#27,918

rank among US surnames

859

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #26,306)

Who is named Abbot

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

86% of people named Abbot identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abbots

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Greeley Abbot
American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973)
George Abbot
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1562–1633
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, 1560–1618
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
British barrister and politician (1757-1829)

Notable Abbots come mostly from the United States (5), the Kingdom of England (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abbot

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

Questions

Where does the surname Abbot come from?: Variant spelling of Abbott.
How common is the surname Abbot?: 859 people in the United States had the surname Abbot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abbot?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Abbot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abbot?: Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973), followed by George Abbot.
Where is the surname Abbot most common?: Wikidata records people named Abbot in the United States, the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
Is the surname Abbot getting more or less common?: Less common. 873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, down 1.6%.