# Abed (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,580 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 195,409 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (1,071 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːbɛd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid, “servant, worshipper”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abed 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 6.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abed in the United Kingdom.

## People named Abed

- Fazle Hasan Abed, Bangladeshi social worker and the founder of BRAC

## Similar surnames

Abdi, Abad, Abeyta, Abdo, Abid, Abadi, Abbott, Abate, Avitia, Abbate, Abboud, Abadie.

## 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.