How common is the surname Abdullah?

8,314 people in the United States had the surname Abdullah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,136 Americans. It ranked 4,272nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abdullah?

Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan politician, followed by Bruna Abdullah.

Where is the surname Abdullah most common?

Wikidata records people named Abdullah in Afghanistan, the United States and Brazil and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Abdullah?

Abdullah is /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Abdullah getting more or less common?

More common. 5,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,314 in 2010, up 42%.

Is Abdullah also a first name?

Yes. Abdullah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Abdullah

An Arabic occupational surname, carried by 8,314 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/ 3 syllables Soundex A134 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abdullah is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

Abdullah is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,314 people named Abdullah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,136 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,859.

#4,272

rank among US surnames

8,314

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+41.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,460)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,267	Faison	8,320	37,109
#4,269	Melchor	8,319	37,113
#4,270	Burchett	8,318	37,118
#4,272	Abdullah	8,314	37,136

Who is named Abdullah

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

51% of people named Abdullah identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
White (not Hispanic) 24%
Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
Two or more races 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Abdullahs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abdullah Abdullah
Afghan politician, born 1960
Bruna Abdullah
Brazilian actress, born 1986
Abdullah Omar
Bahraini footballer, born 1987
Shaila Abdullah
American writer, author and designer, born 1971
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist, 1954–2025
Melina Abdullah
American academic and civic activist (born 1972)
Lida Abdul
Afghan-American video and performance artist (born 1973)

Notable Abdullahs come mostly from Afghanistan (2), the United States (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abdullah

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

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Abdullah come from?: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.
How common is the surname Abdullah?: 8,314 people in the United States had the surname Abdullah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,136 Americans. It ranked 4,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abdullah?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Abdullah identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Abdullah?: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan politician, followed by Bruna Abdullah.
Where is the surname Abdullah most common?: Wikidata records people named Abdullah in Afghanistan, the United States and Brazil and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Abdullah?: Abdullah is /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Abdullah?: Abdullah is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Abdullah getting more or less common?: More common. 5,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,314 in 2010, up 42%.
Is Abdullah also a first name?: Yes. Abdullah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.