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    The surname Abela

    A Spanish surname, carried by 534 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A140

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abela is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Two possible origins: * A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname. * Borrowed from Maltese Abela.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 534 people named Abela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 478.

    #40,856
    rank among US surnames
    534
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #42,677)

    Who is named Abela

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

    69% of people named Abela identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 9.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abela

    Abela has the Soundex code A140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A140.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abela come from?
    Two possible origins: * A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname. * Borrowed from Maltese Abela.
    How common is the surname Abela?
    534 people in the United States had the surname Abela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. It ranked 40,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abela?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Abela identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Abela getting more or less common?
    More common. 478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 534 in 2010, up 12%.