Abt Surname

55,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Abt Surname Definition:

(German) A member of an abbot’s entourage; sometimes the lay abbot of a monastery who inherited his office.

Abt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,3201:24,2493,216
United States1,8801:192,79719,072
Switzerland1,2221:6,7211,070
Argentina7091:60,2875,141
France6441:103,14115,192
Iran2121:362,18223,959
Canada1711:215,47120,813
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
Russia1331:1,083,63281,637
Kazakhstan1091:162,22515,959
Austria861:99,01714,343
Peru611:521,05114,430
Hungary471:208,85717,470
Brazil441:4,865,326126,089
Czechia431:247,29033,576
Australia381:710,41347,396
Chile321:550,51513,718
Poland311:1,226,08978,991
Israel311:276,05324,632
India291:26,450,530346,896
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
England191:2,932,529101,561
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brunei21:209,3663,098
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1571:319,86425,024

Abt (136) may also be a first name.

Abt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) A member of an abbot’s entourage; sometimes the lay abbot of a monastery who inherited his office.

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

Abt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abt Come From? nationality or country of origin

Abt (Arabic: العابط, Hindi: अब्ट, Russian: Абт) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,294th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 793,159 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Abt reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 794,286th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 136 people.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 3,320 people, or 1 in 24,249. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 36 percent live, Bavaria, where 19 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Outside of Germany Abt exists in 67 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Switzerland, where 13 percent live.

Abt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Abt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Abt last name grew 1,197 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Abt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Abt surname are 8.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Abt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 107.09% more than the national average, earning S/. 40,144 per year; in South Africa they earn 10% more than the national average, earning R 261,408 per year; in United States they earn 12.32% more than the national average, earning $48,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.82% more than the national average, earning $51,082 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abts862,032/
Habt861,383/
Abtt86121/
Abte8627/
Aabt8622/
Gabt866/
Atbt865/
Asbt864/
Abdt864/
Aibt861/
Aebt861/
Aubt861/
Abpt861/
Abht861/
Abtd861/
Abth861/
Abtp861/
Abtz860/
Ab8019,233/
Habte75117,801/
Haibt75157/
Haubt7590/
Habth7528/
Gaubt7510/
Abhth751/
Abhte751/
Asbtp751/
Abtte751/
Aabts751/
Abtsz750/
Abd6726,054/
Hab6713,973/
Aab678,542/
Aub675,715/
Abs674,579/
Apt672,869/
Gab672,802/
Aib672,417/
Asb67661/
Abz67426/
Aft67397/
Ayb6779/
Ajb6768/
Abtová6755/
Atp6750/
Abh6741/
Obt6733/
Atb6725/
Avt6721/
Awt6716/
Eab6714/
Ahb6710/
Abp675/
Ebt674/
Abı672/
Abtova672/
Abû671/

Abt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abt in the Hindi language
अब्टabta-
Abt in the Russian language
Абтabt-
Abt in the Arabic language
العابطalabt-

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