# Abeyta (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,046 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,066 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (5,635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Abeyta 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) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 78% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Abeyta in the United States.

## People named Abeyta

- El Hefe, American musician

## Similar surnames

Abed, Abt, Abbott, Abdi, Abad, Abate, Avitia, Abbate, Abdo, Abboud, Abadie, Abbot.

## 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.