Abel Surname

2,162^nd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 253,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Nigeria

Highest density in:

Vanuatu

Abel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Abel.' Much more popular in mediaeval society than in that of the 19th century. Among the peasantry, however, Abel still receives a certain amount of attention as a font-name.

Abel Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Nigeria	49,197	1:3,601	478
Tanzania	49,111	1:1,078	141
United States	25,293	1:14,330	1,796
Chad	23,204	1:586	74
Angola	16,761	1:1,610	290
Germany	16,397	1:4,910	587
Ethiopia	13,844	1:7,046	1,109
Mozambique	10,506	1:2,595	637
Philippines	4,342	1:23,316	3,060
England	3,534	1:15,766	2,306
France	2,947	1:22,539	2,624
Papua New Guinea	2,511	1:3,247	152
Cameroon	2,491	1:8,338	1,084
Australia	2,403	1:11,234	1,661
Canada	2,203	1:16,725	2,408
Kenya	2,166	1:21,320	2,448
Ghana	2,147	1:12,585	1,652
Brazil	1,662	1:128,805	4,906
Malawi	1,464	1:11,693	1,806
Indonesia	1,241	1:106,567	10,909
Namibia	969	1:2,486	392
Vanuatu	944	1:279	41
Spain	768	1:60,875	5,524
Egypt	763	1:120,492	9,804
Haiti	716	1:14,922	1,396
South Africa	682	1:79,439	9,828
Portugal	632	1:16,485	1,211
Argentina	593	1:72,080	6,128
Sri Lanka	585	1:35,570	4,375
Denmark	573	1:9,851	921
Estonia	564	1:2,344	132
DR Congo	534	1:138,351	14,711
Botswana	524	1:4,174	616
Austria	515	1:16,535	2,472
Morocco	477	1:72,277	12,260
Israel	476	1:17,978	2,673
Russia	474	1:304,057	31,078
New Zealand	456	1:9,931	1,727
Iraq	445	1:78,700	2,572
Poland	420	1:90,497	13,948
Togo	420	1:17,257	5,159
Saudi Arabia	398	1:77,527	10,981
Kuwait	386	1:9,846	1,349
Scotland	384	1:13,942	1,788
India	362	1:2,118,965	71,393
Malaysia	328	1:89,921	6,277
Yemen	324	1:81,560	5,401
Peru	302	1:105,245	6,555
Netherlands	300	1:56,291	9,664
Iran	274	1:280,228	20,361
Guyana	245	1:3,111	569
Dominican Republic	231	1:45,164	2,375
Zimbabwe	226	1:68,311	10,224
Ukraine	205	1:222,062	29,588
Gabon	202	1:9,352	1,744
Switzerland	191	1:43,000	5,974
Romania	173	1:116,057	12,903
Jamaica	168	1:17,083	1,574
Fiji	126	1:7,098	1,425
Wales	126	1:24,560	2,581
Uganda	114	1:342,450	22,679
United Arab Emirates	113	1:81,082	7,365
Afghanistan	112	1:287,082	4,626
Belgium	110	1:104,515	15,788
Nicaragua	108	1:55,751	1,484
Liberia	102	1:43,221	3,943
Mauritius	94	1:13,760	2,937
Norway	94	1:54,705	7,856
Czechia	92	1:115,581	18,798
Thailand	88	1:802,708	129,613
Mexico	79	1:1,571,218	16,633
Benin	77	1:134,229	14,380
Ivory Coast	77	1:299,626	11,268
Solomon Islands	76	1:7,632	1,216
Hong Kong	70	1:104,793	1,905
Sweden	70	1:140,668	9,936
Chile	62	1:284,137	8,321
Belarus	58	1:163,811	22,061
Suriname	58	1:9,528	2,431
Taiwan	56	1:418,656	3,233
Uruguay	56	1:61,281	6,605
Syria	51	1:378,451	4,826
Myanmar	49	1:1,059,959	527
Ireland	47	1:100,190	5,388
Singapore	47	1:117,185	4,783
Venezuela	45	1:671,202	11,567
Pakistan	40	1:4,466,097	30,538
Qatar	31	1:76,064	7,685
Serbia	30	1:238,165	13,506
Northern Ireland	29	1:63,622	4,809
Trinidad and Tobago	29	1:47,034	4,189
Italy	26	1:2,352,180	93,058
Lebanon	26	1:216,811	8,749
New Caledonia	26	1:10,624	2,723
Slovakia	26	1:205,248	33,808
Burundi	25	1:392,194	499
Kazakhstan	25	1:707,300	46,975
Latvia	25	1:82,002	12,055
South Sudan	25	1:456,603	797
Sudan	25	1:1,500,408	3,610
Seychelles	23	1:4,017	661
Mauritania	21	1:194,993	9,876
Honduras	20	1:440,822	3,218
China	19	1:71,964,293	3,948
Croatia	19	1:222,558	25,345
Ecuador	16	1:994,115	14,535
Hungary	16	1:613,517	35,830
Madagascar	16	1:1,478,115	2,908
Rwanda	16	1:710,311	2,071
United States Virgin Islands	16	1:6,898	1,043
British Virgin Islands	15	1:2,106	271
Grenada	14	1:7,752	722
Panama	14	1:279,447	6,847
Saint Lucia	12	1:14,898	1,270
Greenland	11	1:5,125	525
Oman	10	1:368,797	5,193
Turkey	10	1:7,782,142	126,629
Bahrain	9	1:149,845	5,469
East Timor	9	1:135,103	179
São Tomé and Príncipe	9	1:19,714	1,083
Somalia	9	1:1,494,673	3,608
Bulgaria	8	1:872,363	31,900
Cuba	8	1:1,440,340	7,824
Finland	8	1:687,088	36,047
Jersey	8	1:12,400	2,398
Palestine	7	1:649,836	13,939
Algeria	6	1:6,438,592	53,709
Antigua and Barbuda	6	1:16,528	1,436
Bermuda	5	1:13,056	1,849
Congo	5	1:997,819	17,129
Greece	5	1:2,215,958	91,893
Japan	5	1:25,568,859	50,629
Vietnam	5	1:18,529,211	3,282
Bangladesh	4	1:39,839,193	17,324
Bolivia	4	1:2,654,108	7,945
Guatemala	4	1:4,020,667	7,726
Guernsey	4	1:16,110	1,225
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
Malta	4	1:107,568	1,849
Tajikistan	4	1:2,096,673	7,416
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Colombia	3	1:15,924,691	28,711
Costa Rica	3	1:1,593,356	8,177
Marshall Islands	3	1:17,274	1,698
Albania	2	1:1,457,028	24,967
Armenia	2	1:1,465,090	16,492
El Salvador	2	1:3,171,944	6,376
Lesotho	2	1:1,016,279	21,693
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Niger	2	1:9,596,008	86,358
Senegal	2	1:7,289,671	8,117
Anguilla	1	1:13,436	792
Aruba	1	1:103,477	2,586
Azerbaijan	1	1:9,649,122	47,873
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Belize	1	1:355,474	3,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
Cape Verde	1	1:529,642	6,792
Central African Republic	1	1:4,515,390	1,196
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Dominica	1	1:75,891	912
Eritrea	1	1:4,751,901	911
Falkland Islands	1	1:3,132	317
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Guam	1	1:160,121	4,893
Guinea-Bissau	1	1:1,728,021	323
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Liechtenstein	1	1:38,378	1,726
North Macedonia	1	1:2,101,472	31,546
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Montserrat	1	1:4,947	471
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Saint Martin	1	1:35,156	229
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1:112,659	1,704
Tonga	1	1:107,313	791
Tunisia	1	1:610,626	30,336
Zambia	1	1:15,849,922	53,989

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	10	1:442,987	15,290

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	1,494	1:16,316	2,389
Scotland	316	1:11,846	1,443
Wales	109	1:14,389	857
Guernsey	8	1:4,082	713
Jersey	5	1:10,376	1,795

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	3,480	1:14,431	1,839

The alternate forms: Ábel (1,178) & Abél (1) are calculated separately.

Abel (1,105,771) may also be a first name.

Abel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

Richard Abel, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Abel le Specer. Derbyshire, ibid.

Henry Abel, Nottinghamshire, ibid.

Allan Abel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Abel le Orfeure. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

Richard Abel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1578. George Abell, Derbyshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1623. Richard Abelson and Ellen Brocke: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1714. William Abell, patron of Brampton, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This was a not uncommon personal name in the Middle Ages, derived from the Biblical Abel, Hebrew Hebhel, a name of uncertain meaning, but usually interpreted "breath." Master Abell, clericus regis, was one of the members of a mission sent to England to ask restoration of the earl dom of Huntingdon in 1237 (Bain, I, 1329). He also appears in documents concerning the Abbey of Kelso in 1235 (Kelso, 231,418), and in 1253 "valuing his own promotion more than the honour of the king or kingdom caused himself to be consecrated bishop by the pope" (Chron. Mail.). Nicholas Abel, a Scottish master mariner, was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk in 1388 (Bain, tv, 381), Thomas Abel or Abell appears as burgess of Edinburgh in 1387 and 1413 (Egidii, p. 23; Neubotle, p. 237), and John Abell held land in Aberdeen in 1413 (BMS., I, 943). Robert Abell, chaplain in Brechin, is mentioned in 1512 (RSS., 2440), and William Abel was tenant of Racharral, Kemnay, in 1696 (AEI., p. 23). The name occurs in Dundee towards the latter end of the sixteenth century as Abell, and is found in the parish of Kemnay in 1697 as Ebald (Inverurie, p. 426). Thomas Abell was a burgess of Edinburgh in 1430 (Neubotle, p. 280), and a John Abell is there also in 1635 (Edinb. Marr.). The kindred of John Abell, a celebrated Scottish singer of the reign of Charles II were later known by the name of Eball (Illus., I, p. 57—58). Abill 1633.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Hebrew) Breath, Evanescence. [Hebrew Hebhel].

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Breath” or “Vapour” in Hebrew.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of Abel (breath or vanity).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a male ancestor) Sometimes a diminutive of Abba, but most often a diminutive of Abraham (Avraham). Avraham becomes Avril, Avil, Abil, Abel. Sometimes this last form appears as Apel or Appel, since the letters “b” and “p” are interchangeable.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

From the personal name. It frequently occurs temp. Edwd. I. in the same forms.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Hebrew.) Vanity, breath.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

John de Aubeale was security in Normandy, 1200, for Roger de Plomes (Mémoires de la Society des Antiquaires de la Normandie v. 104); N. Abel held lands from Lanfranc in Kent, 1086 (Domesd.); Sir John Abel of Kent occurs 1313 (Mon. Angl. i. 358).

— The Norman People (1874)

DNA test information

Abel Demographics

Average Abel Salary in
United States

$45,166^USD

Per year

Rank:

572,744 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.00711235

Rank: 1,719 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

104.67%

Sample size: 13,430 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Abel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Abel (Arabic: آبيل, Georgian: აბელ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪ, Hindi: एबल, Marathi: आबेल, Oriya: ଆେବଲ, Russian: Абель) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ábel or Abél. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Abel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 2,162^nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,717 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Abel live; 30 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abel is also the 775^th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 1,105,771 people.

The surname Abel is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49,197 people, or 1 in 3,601. In Nigeria Abel is most common in: Rivers, where 9 percent are found, Kogi, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 184 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Abel Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Abel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 727 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 237 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 470 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Abel Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Abel last name is primarily Catholic (70%) in Ireland, Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Syriac Orthodox (64%) in Lebanon, Christian (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Abel last name are 35.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.84% being registered with the political party.

The amount Abel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.44% more than the national average, earning 357,991 kr per year; in Peru they earn 57.99% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,143 per year; in South Africa they earn 18.77% more than the national average, earning R 282,240 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning $17,723,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.67% more than the national average, earning $45,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $51,577 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Ábel	92	1,178	/
Abél	92	1	/
Gabel	89	19,794	/
Habel	89	14,347	/
Abell	89	12,856	/
Abiel	89	6,913	/
Abuel	89	4,375	/
Aubel	89	3,167	/
Aboel	89	676	/
Abeel	89	477	/
Aabel	89	436	/
Asbel	89	264	/
Aibel	89	263	/
Abelt	89	233	/
Aebel	89	85	/
Abeld	89	44	/
Aybel	89	29	/
Ahbel	89	26	/
Abeul	89	16	/
Atbel	89	13	/
Abael	89	11	/
Eabel	89	4	/
Abelh	89	3	/
Abehl	89	1	/
Ajbel	89	1	/
Abl	86	393	/
Asbell	80	2,590	/
Habelt	80	547	/
Gabell	80	389	/
Ashbel	80	314	/
Abelle	80	277	/
Abeldt	80	276	/
Gaybel	80	250	/
Haibel	80	163	/
Habeel	80	151	/
Habell	80	74	/
Aubell	80	66	/
Gaibel	80	64	/
Haebel	80	55	/
Heabel	80	55	/
Hajbel	80	38	/
A'Bell	80	34	/
Habiel	80	24	/
Haabel	80	19	/
Aubiel	80	10	/
Hasbel	80	8	/
Haybel	80	6	/
Aybele	80	6	/
Ajbele	80	5	/
Gabeel	80	5	/
Gajbel	80	5	/
Gaabel	80	4	/
Aibell	80	3	/
Ausbel	80	3	/
Ahubel	80	3	/
Athbel	80	2	/
Asbeel	80	2	/
Abuehl	80	1	/
Aaybel	80	1	/
Ajbell	80	1	/
Asbelt	80	1	/
Haubel	80	1	/
Gaubel	80	1	/
Habael	80	1	/
Habeld	80	1	/
Abuell	80	1	/
D'Abel	80	1	/
Ahbiel	80	1	/
Aibele	80	1	/
Aabeel	80	1	/
Abeelh	80	1	/
Abeltd	80	1	/
Aybell	80	0	/
Aboell	80	0	/
Aasbel	80	0	/
Eabell	80	0	/
Ebel	75	22,070	/
Able	75	11,593	/
Obel	75	5,487	/
Abil	75	5,392	/
Gabl	75	1,725	/
Habl	75	704	/
Abyl	75	136	/
Ébel	75	78	/
Aibl	75	33	/
Ajbl	75	11	/
Abhl	75	5	/
Ablt	75	4	/
Abll	75	3	/
Aabl	75	3	/
Aebl	75	2	/
Aybl	75	2	/
Êbel	75	1	/
Öbel	75	1	/
Abeł	75	1	/
Eabl	75	1	/
Abld	75	1	/
Ablp	75	1	/
Atbl	75	1	/
Haubelt	73	274	/
Abelova	73	131	/
Abelová	73	110	/
Hasbell	73	92	/
Aubelle	73	67	/
Haibele	73	51	/
Asbelle	73	44	/
Haubiel	73	34	/
Haybele	73	13	/
Haibell	73	10	/
Haybell	73	8	/
Ashbell	73	8	/
Ashbeel	73	3	/
Abehele	73	2	/
D'Abell	73	1	/
Haabeel	73	1	/
Haybiel	73	1	/
Hausbel	73	1	/
Abe'ele	73	1	/
Abeeldt	73	1	/
Gaybell	73	0	/
Ayuel	67	22,252	/
Gobel	67	14,833	/
Habil	67	9,750	/
Hebel	67	8,847	/
Hable	67	3,054	/
Eibel	67	2,010	/
Awoel	67	1,932	/
Abuul	67	1,845	/
Höbel	67	1,690	/
Auble	67	1,561	/
Hobel	67	1,441	/
Oubel	67	1,149	/
Häbel	67	816	/
Ebell	67	703	/
Oebel	67	613	/
Abiol	67	579	/
Abild	67	536	/
Uibel	67	468	/
Ampel	67	411	/
Gabil	67	399	/
Aweel	67	347	/
Aabil	67	285	/
Hábel	67	240	/
Eubel	67	231	/
Obell	67	223	/
Haibl	67	167	/
Eybel	67	164	/
Aybil	67	148	/
Ábele	67	99	/
Asbil	67	81	/
Ebuel	67	65	/
Haubl	67	64	/
Ebiel	67	48	/
Ehbel	67	47	/
Habelová	67	39	/
Gaibl	67	37	/
Abill	67	32	/
Asble	67	22	/
Obelt	67	22	/
Aubil	67	21	/
Ableh	67	19	/
Eaubelle	67	17	/
Habyl	67	15	/
Abuil	67	13	/
Asbøl	67	12	/
Ábelt	67	11	/
Haibelle	67	10	/
Hóbel	67	10	/
Awwel	67	9	/
Obeel	67	8	/
Auwel	67	7	/
Ābele	67	7	/
Obiel	67	4	/
Aywel	67	4	/
Awiel	67	4	/
Uobel	67	4	/
Haybelle	67	3	/
Ashbl	67	3	/
Eable	67	2	/
Aivel	67	2	/
Ajble	67	2	/
Osbel	67	2	/
Aible	67	2	/
Gabll	67	2	/
Awael	67	2	/
Obeul	67	2	/
Hablt	67	2	/
Ahbil	67	1	/
Obeld	67	1	/
O'Bel	67	1	/
Ablle	67	1	/
Aable	67	1	/
Abellová	67	1	/
Abisl	67	1	/
Oboel	67	1	/
Habelova	67	1	/
Gabyl	67	1	/
Ebael	67	1	/
Asuel	67	1	/
Obuel	67	1	/
Aweul	67	1	/
Aaibl	67	1	/
Abhlt	67	1	/
Ayble	67	1	/
Eavel	67	0	/

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Abel Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Abel in the Georgian language
აბელ	abel	-
Abel in the Oriya language
ଆେବଲ	aebala	72.81
ଅେବଲ	aebala	25.44
ଆେବଲ୍	aebal	1.75
Abel in the Marathi language
आबेल	abela	60.54
अबेल	abela	37.3
Abel in the Hindi language
एबल	ebala	45.45
एबिल	ebila	27.27
अबेल	abela	27.27
Abel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﺒﺪ	bd	38.46
ﺁﺑﻞ	abl	30.77
ﻋﺒﻞ	bl	23.08
ﺍﺑﻞ	abl	7.69
Abel in the Russian language
Абель	abel	-
Abel in the Arabic language
آبيل	abyl	-
هابيل	habyl	-
ابيل	abyl	-

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Abel Reference & Research

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Abel Surname

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$45,166 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

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From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

$45,166^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Abel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Abel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Abel Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Abel Last Name Statistics ^demography