How common is the surname Abdulla?

1,741 people in the United States had the surname Abdulla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,338 Americans. It ranked 16,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abdulla?

Khayala Abdulla, Azerbaijani chess player.

Where is the surname Abdulla most common?

Wikidata records people named Abdulla in Azerbaijan.

Is the surname Abdulla getting more or less common?

More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,741 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Abdulla

A surname, carried by 1,741 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). Abdulla is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,741 people named Abdulla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,338 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,145.

#16,502

rank among US surnames

1,741

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+52.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,494	Tschida	1,742	177,236
#16,502	Kittredge	1,741	177,338
#16,509	Everman	1,740	177,440

Who is named Abdulla

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

59% of people named Abdulla identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
Two or more races 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abdullas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Khayala Abdulla
Azerbaijani chess player, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Abdullah

Surnames that sound like Abdulla

Abdulla 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 Abdulla?: 1,741 people in the United States had the surname Abdulla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,338 Americans. It ranked 16,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abdulla?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Abdulla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abdulla?: Khayala Abdulla, Azerbaijani chess player.
Where is the surname Abdulla most common?: Wikidata records people named Abdulla in Azerbaijan.
Is the surname Abdulla getting more or less common?: More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,741 in 2010, up 52%.
What are other spellings of Abdulla?: Abdullah.