Abbott Surname
Approximately 121,216 people bear this surname
Abbott Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Abraham,' from the nick. Abb, and diminutive Abb-ot. It is all but certain that the majority of our Abbotts, although bearing a conventual title, are thus descended. Abraham was a favourite name in the 13th century.
Read More About This SurnameAbbott Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 71,561 | 1:5,065 | 565 |
| England | 22,379 | 1:2,490 | 320 |
| Australia | 9,823 | 1:2,748 | 375 |
| Canada | 7,929 | 1:4,647 | 652 |
| South Africa | 1,862 | 1:29,097 | 3,742 |
| New Zealand | 1,382 | 1:3,277 | 493 |
| Scotland | 780 | 1:6,864 | 1,063 |
| Wales | 750 | 1:4,126 | 445 |
| Dominican Republic | 562 | 1:18,564 | 1,261 |
| Ireland | 506 | 1:9,306 | 1,261 |
| India | 327 | 1:2,345,766 | 76,423 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 261 | 1:380 | 58 |
| Northern Ireland | 227 | 1:8,128 | 1,368 |
| Chile | 209 | 1:84,289 | 3,311 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Thailand | 189 | 1:373,748 | 65,615 |
| Brazil | 181 | 1:1,182,731 | 40,970 |
| Jamaica | 178 | 1:16,123 | 1,511 |
| Spain | 143 | 1:326,937 | 19,176 |
| Honduras | 133 | 1:66,289 | 1,416 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 104 | 1:13,115 | 1,725 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95 | 1:1,186 | 273 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| Argentina | 90 | 1:474,927 | 35,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 88 | 1:627 | 132 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Kenya | 82 | 1:563,170 | 26,996 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 65 | 1:1,698 | 281 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Panama | 52 | 1:75,236 | 3,168 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Saint Lucia | 39 | 1:4,584 | 649 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 1:207,829 | 2,614 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Barbados | 18 | 1:15,969 | 956 |
| Anguilla | 16 | 1:840 | 75 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| British Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:3,159 | 366 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Egypt | 8 | 1:11,491,969 | 62,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1:53,118,924 | 25,950 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1:9,006,897 | 23,626 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 427 | 1:10,374 | 1,495 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,955 | 1:1,882 | 250 |
| Scotland | 180 | 1:20,796 | 2,046 |
| Wales | 142 | 1:11,045 | 670 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,467 | 1:3,247 | 384 |
Abbott (869) may also be a first name.
Abbott Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Abraham,' from the nick. Abb, and diminutive Abb-ot. It is all but certain that the majority of our Abbotts, although bearing a conventual title, are thus descended. Abraham was a favourite name in the 13th century. Abel was also popular, and may have shared the parentage.
(2) Offic, or nickname, 'the Abbot.'
Henry Abbod, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Abbod, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Adam Abbot, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Juliana Abbot, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Margareta Abbot, Cambridgeshire ibid.
1700. Married — Edward Sanders and Anne Abbitt: St. Antholin, London.
(Anglo-Latin-Greek-Syr.) Abbey-Father. [M. English abbot, abbod, O. English abbod; Latin abbas, as above, under Abbey]. (Anglo-French-Hebrew), a double diminutive of Abraham, q.v.; Abel, q.v.; or Absalom, q.v. [French diminutive suff. -ot].
An English name, in Ireland since the fourteenth century and now quite numerous in Dublin.
MIF 13
(English) A member of an abbot's entourage; sometimes the lay abbot of a monastery who inherited his office; son of little Abb, a pet form of Abraham (father of multitudes); descendant of Abet or Abot, pet forms for Abel (breath or vanity).
Roger, Osbert, Radulphus Abbas were of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William A., 1198 (Ib.); N. Abbas or Aba held lands, Northants,1086 (Domesd.); Galfridus Abbas in Rutland, 1158 (Rot. Pip.). His son in Worcester, 1165 (Liber Niger), Gaufrid. l’Abba, witnessed a charter of Robert Earl of Leicester, 12th century (Mon. i. 519). The name changes to Abbot and Abbet in the 13th century. The Lords Colchester descend from Ralph Abbas (mentioned in Normandy), who held half a fee in the honour of Plympton, Devon, t. Henry H. (Testa de Neville). William l’Abbe, his grandson, was living 1242 (Testa de Neville), and Ralph l’Abbe was also seated in Devon. Nicholas l’A. paid a fine in Devon, 1260 (Roberts, Excerpta); Walter l’A. was of Plympton, 1353 (Pole’s Devon). From him descended Robert Abbot, one of the gentry of Dorset, 1443 (Fuller's Worthies of England), whose descendant William was of the same county t. Eliz. The representative of the family was of Todbere and Linbury, Dorset, and was an adherent of Charles I. His grandson, John Abbot of Shaftesbury, Esq. was grandfather of Charles A. Lord Colchester.
Diminutive of Abb. See Abbs, or from the French, Aubert; a personal name.
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Abbott Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abbott Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abbott (Hindi: एबोर्ट, Russian: Абботт) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbott? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abbott is the 4,644th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 60,120 people. Abbott occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Abbott are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Abbott is also the 276,035th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 869 people.
The surname Abbott is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 71,561 people, or 1 in 5,065. In The United States Abbott is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States Abbott is found in 125 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Abbott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Abbott has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Abbott last name rose 463 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 433 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 528 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 119 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Abbott Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Abbott last name is primarily Anglican (65%) in Ireland and Sunni (93%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Abbott are 15.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.12% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Abbott earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.13% less than the national average, earning 286,797 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.72% more than the national average, earning R 334,416 per year; in United States they earn 1.38% more than the national average, earning $43,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.13% less than the national average, earning $49,122 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abbott Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott in the Hindi language | ||
| एबोर्ट | eborta | 60 |
| अब्बोत | abbota | 40 |
| Abbott in the Russian language | ||
| Абботт | abbott | - |
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