How common is the surname Abebe?

1,985 people in the United States had the surname Abebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. It ranked 14,913th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Abebe getting more or less common?

More common. 905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,985 in 2010, up 119%.

The surname Abebe

A surname, carried by 1,985 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A110

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abebe is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,985 people named Abebe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. That is up 119% since 2000, when the Census counted 905.

#14,913

rank among US surnames

1,985

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+119.3%

change since 2000 (was #25,610)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,913	Anger	1,985	155,539
#14,920	Laurel	1,984	155,618

Who is named Abebe

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

96% of people named Abebe identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.8%
White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Abebe?: 1,985 people in the United States had the surname Abebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. It ranked 14,913th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abebe?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Abebe identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Abebe getting more or less common?: More common. 905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,985 in 2010, up 119%.