Abb Surname
Approximately 4,809 people bear this surname
Abb Surname Definition:
(Hebrew), a diminutive of Abraham, q.v.; Abel, q.v.; and Absalom. q.v. (English), the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Abb(a, Æbb(a.
Abb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,464 | 1:122,025 | 3,570 |
| Nigeria | 1,110 | 1:159,588 | 10,018 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| United States | 215 | 1:1,685,856 | 112,021 |
| Germany | 203 | 1:396,579 | 36,740 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
The alternate forms: Äbb (26) are calculated separately.
Abb (782) may also be a first name.
Abb Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Hebrew), a diminutive of Abraham, q.v.; Abel, q.v.; and Absalom. q.v. (English), the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Abb(a, Æbb(a.
Abb Demographics
Abb Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Abb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abb (Arabic: عبب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺏ, Hindi: अब्ब) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Äbb. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abb? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abb is the 98,574th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,515,397 people. The surname Abb is mostly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Abb reside; 32 percent reside in South Asia and 31 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 293,371st most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 782 people.
The last name Abb is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 1,464 people, or 1 in 122,025. In Pakistan Abb is primarily found in: Punjab, where 57 percent are found, Sindh, where 18 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 14 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this surname exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent are found.
Abb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Abb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 371 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Abb Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Muslim (66%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Abb surname are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the political party.
Abb earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.9% more than the national average, earning $52,168 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Äbb | 89 | 26 | / |
| Abbs | 86 | 4,437 | / |
| Gabb | 86 | 2,429 | / |
| Abbt | 86 | 198 | / |
| Habb | 86 | 62 | / |
| Abbd | 86 | 13 | / |
| Abbh | 86 | 6 | / |
| Abbp | 86 | 5 | / |
| Aibb | 86 | 5 | / |
| Atbb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aebb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abbz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aybb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aabb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ajbb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aibeb | 75 | 372 | / |
| Habbs | 75 | 9 | / |
| Abbss | 75 | 7 | / |
| Abbsh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ahabb | 75 | 6 | / |
| Haabb | 75 | 5 | / |
| Abbås | 75 | 5 | / |
| Abbtt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Aabbs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Haibb | 75 | 3 | / |
| Abbhs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Abbsz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Haybb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Habıb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heabb | 75 | 0 | / |
| Eabbs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Haubb | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ebb | 67 | 880 | / |
| Obb | 67 | 28 | / |
| Avb | 67 | 18 | / |
| D'Abbs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abbptt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahbbth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aibbtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahabbd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haubbs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Haibbs | 67 | 0 | / |
Abb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abb in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्ब | abba | 75 |
| अब्बास | abbasa | 25 |
| Abb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺏ | ab | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺏ | ab | 33.33 |
| Abb in the Arabic language | ||
| عبب | bb | - |
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