The Abate surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,344 people carried this name — #7,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,885 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Abate surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From abate (“abbot”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Abate» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,592 people named Abate live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
289 people named Abate live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 235 people named Abate.
Most of them — 161 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Abate live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Abate is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Abate in American newspapers,
1897–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 520,546 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Abate,
with a public archive behind them.
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Equitius 401–570 · religious person -
Pietro Paolo Abate d. 1575 · painter
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Hugh of Noara d. 1170 · Catholic monk
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Palmiero Abate d. 1300
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Elpidius the Cappadocian d. 400
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Adamo Abate 990–1060 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abate.
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