How common is the surname Abdallah?

4,121 people in the United States had the surname Abdallah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. It ranked 8,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abdallah?

Nia Abdallah, American taekwondo practitioner, followed by Charbel Abdallah.

Where is the surname Abdallah most common?

Wikidata records people named Abdallah in the United States.

Is the surname Abdallah getting more or less common?

More common. 2,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,121 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Abdallah

A surname, carried by 4,121 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). Abdallah is more common than 95% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,121 people named Abdallah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,894.

#8,032

rank among US surnames

4,121

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+42.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,028	Giffin	4,124	74,866
#8,029	Fulford	4,123	74,884
#8,030	Nystrom	4,122	74,902
#8,032	Kirkham	4,121	74,920
#8,036	Gullett	4,117	74,993

Who is named Abdallah

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

77% of people named Abdallah identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abdallahs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nia Abdallah
American taekwondo practitioner, born 1984
Charbel Abdallah
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abdallah

Abdallah 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 Abdallah?: 4,121 people in the United States had the surname Abdallah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. It ranked 8,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abdallah?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Abdallah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abdallah?: Nia Abdallah, American taekwondo practitioner, followed by Charbel Abdallah.
Where is the surname Abdallah most common?: Wikidata records people named Abdallah in the United States.
Is the surname Abdallah getting more or less common?: More common. 2,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,121 in 2010, up 42%.