# Abdullah (surname)

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

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,314 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,136 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (5,859 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abdullah 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) | 24% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 7.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abdullah in Afghanistan, the United States, Brazil and Bahrain.

## People named Abdullah

- Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan politician
- Bruna Abdullah, Brazilian actress
- Abdullah Omar, Bahraini footballer
- Shaila Abdullah, American writer, author and designer
- Daayiee Abdullah, American homosexual Muslim activist
- Melina Abdullah, American academic and civic activist (born 1972)
- Lida Abdul, Afghan-American video and performance artist (born 1973)

## Similar surnames

Abdallah, Abdalla, Abdul, Abdulla, Abdullahi, Abdelrahman, Abdullayev, Abdelaziz.

## 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.