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    The surname Abello

    A Spanish surname, carried by 692 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). Abello is more common than 79.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish (common in the Philippines and Colombia) and Catalan surname, diminutive of abella (“bee”) (see Abella).

    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 692 people named Abello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 446,164 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 537.

    #33,087
    rank among US surnames
    692
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.9%
    change since 2000 (was #38,706)

    Who is named Abello

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

    51% of people named Abello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 15% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Abellos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kerry Abello
      American soccer player, born 1999

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abello

    Abello 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 Abello come from?
    From Spanish (common in the Philippines and Colombia) and Catalan surname, diminutive of abella (“bee”) (see Abella).
    How common is the surname Abello?
    692 people in the United States had the surname Abello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 446,164 Americans. It ranked 33,087th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abello?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Abello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Abello?
    Kerry Abello, American soccer player.
    Where is the surname Abello most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abello in the United States.
    Is the surname Abello getting more or less common?
    More common. 537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 692 in 2010, up 29%.