Abella Surname
Approximately 66,774 people bear this surname
Abella Surname Definition:
Originated in mountains of Santander. Found also in Aragon and Catalonia. Name of villages near Urgel, Compostela, and Barbastro. Derived from latin "vilare," - "plebeyo," meaning a plebian or commoner.
From a Navarrese word that sometimes appears as "abeyllas" and means bees.
Read More About This SurnameAbella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 46,928 | 1:2,157 | 147 |
| Spain | 4,602 | 1:10,159 | 1,189 |
| Colombia | 3,356 | 1:14,235 | 1,293 |
| United States | 2,924 | 1:123,960 | 13,190 |
| Argentina | 1,822 | 1:23,460 | 1,956 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,073 | 1:28,757 | 4,075 |
| Uruguay | 778 | 1:4,411 | 504 |
| Algeria | 747 | 1:51,716 | 8,910 |
| Cuba | 605 | 1:19,046 | 1,227 |
| France | 604 | 1:109,971 | 16,411 |
| Australia | 279 | 1:96,759 | 10,970 |
| Canada | 262 | 1:140,632 | 14,476 |
| Mexico | 253 | 1:490,617 | 8,882 |
| Mauritania | 231 | 1:17,727 | 1,641 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Brazil | 165 | 1:1,297,420 | 44,380 |
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Haiti | 160 | 1:66,774 | 3,709 |
| Singapore | 154 | 1:35,764 | 1,284 |
| England | 149 | 1:373,947 | 26,392 |
| Venezuela | 126 | 1:239,715 | 6,057 |
| Italy | 112 | 1:546,042 | 53,051 |
| Thailand | 108 | 1:654,059 | 109,897 |
| Lebanon | 95 | 1:59,338 | 4,571 |
| Taiwan | 93 | 1:252,094 | 2,103 |
| Nicaragua | 92 | 1:65,447 | 1,586 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Chile | 49 | 1:359,520 | 9,978 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Andorra | 39 | 1:2,150 | 402 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Costa Rica | 27 | 1:177,040 | 2,395 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Ecuador | 20 | 1:795,292 | 13,165 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Abellá (12), Abellà (10) & Àbella (1) are calculated separately.
Abella (4,438) may also be a first name.
Abella Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Originated in mountains of Santander. Found also in Aragon and Catalonia. Name of villages near Urgel, Compostela, and Barbastro. Derived from latin "vilare," - "plebeyo," meaning a plebian or commoner.
From a Navarrese word that sometimes appears as "abeyllas" and means bees.
Asturian name from family that came with the Trojans to Spain and had two homes: one in Luarca with the name Abella; the other in Orán that became Abello.
User-submitted Reference
Avella (Latin: Abella; Greek: Ἀβέλλα) is a city and comune in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of Italy. Could be related to the Indo-European root *h₂ebōl, *h₂ebl (apple), meaning "place where apple-orchards originated"
- diegoavellaIt seems to come from Catalan, avella, (bee). Or from the Latin, abellanus.
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Average Abella Salary in
United States
$48,298 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Abella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abella Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abella (Arabic: ابيلا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻠﻪ, Marathi: अबे, Russian: Абелла) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can be rendered as: Abellá, Abellà or Àbella. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abella? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,531st most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 109,137 people. The surname Abella occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Abella reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 103,438th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 4,438 people.
It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 46,928 people, or 1 in 2,157. In The Philippines Abella is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 23 percent live, National Capital Region, where 11 percent live and Calabarzon, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Philippines Abella exists in 82 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 7 percent live and Colombia, where 5 percent live.
Abella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Abella has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 58,480 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Abella Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Abella surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Latin Catholic (89%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Abella last name are 36.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.11% registered with the party.
The amount Abella earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 41.08% less than the national average, earning €17,695 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.2% more than the national average, earning $28,878,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.93% more than the national average, earning $48,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.29% more than the national average, earning $58,274 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abella in the Marathi language | ||
| अबे | abe | - |
| Abella in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻠﻪ | ablh | 70.79 |
| ﺁﺑﻞ | abl | 11.24 |
| ﻋﺒﻠﻪ | blh | 3.37 |
| ﺍﻋﺒﻠﻠﻪ | abllh | 3.37 |
| ﻋﺒﻞ | bl | 2.25 |
| ﺁﺑﻼ | abla | 2.25 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﻟﻞ | bdll | 1.12 |
| ﺍﻋﺒﻠﻪ | ablh | 1.12 |
| Abella in the Russian language | ||
| Абелла | abella | - |
| Abella in the Arabic language | ||
| ابيلا | abyla | - |
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Abella Reference & Research
Abel DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Abel FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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