How common is the surname Abdalla?

3,202 people in the United States had the surname Abdalla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,423 Americans. It ranked 10,068th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abdalla?

Khalid Abdalla, British actor, followed by Mika Abdalla.

Where is the surname Abdalla most common?

Wikidata records people named Abdalla in Egypt and the United States.

Is the surname Abdalla getting more or less common?

More common. 1,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,202 in 2010, up 73%.

The surname Abdalla

A surname, carried by 3,202 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A134

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abdalla is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,202 people named Abdalla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,423 Americans. That is up 73% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,852.

#10,068

rank among US surnames

3,202

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+72.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,713)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,059	Wesolowski	3,204	96,363
#10,064	O'Brian	3,203	96,393
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513

Who is named Abdalla

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

51% of people named Abdalla identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abdallas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Khalid Abdalla
British actor, born 1980
Mika Abdalla
American Lebanese actress, born 2000

Notable Abdallas come mostly from Egypt (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abdalla

Abdalla has the Soundex code A134, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A134.

Questions

How common is the surname Abdalla?: 3,202 people in the United States had the surname Abdalla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,423 Americans. It ranked 10,068th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abdalla?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Abdalla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abdalla?: Khalid Abdalla, British actor, followed by Mika Abdalla.
Where is the surname Abdalla most common?: Wikidata records people named Abdalla in Egypt and the United States.
Is the surname Abdalla getting more or less common?: More common. 1,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,202 in 2010, up 73%.