How common is the surname Abt?

1,388 people in the United States had the surname Abt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Abt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Abt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Abt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Abt

A German surname, carried by 1,388 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abt is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German or Dutch.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,388 people named Abt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,305.

#19,469

rank among US surnames

1,388

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,232)

Who is named Abt

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

95% of people named Abt identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abt

Abt has the Soundex code A130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A130.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Abt come from?: Abt is German in origin.
How common is the surname Abt?: 1,388 people in the United States had the surname Abt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Abt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Abt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 6.4%.