The Abbas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,974 people carried this name — #6,781 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 55% from 3,199 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 614 people named Abbas 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 384 people named Abbas.
Most of them — 224 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
370 people named Abbas live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 278 people named Abbas 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 Tucumán.
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 Poland’s population register
106 people named Abbas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 373 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Abbas in American newspapers,
1801–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,600 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Abbas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferhat Abbas 1899–1985 · politician -
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1914–1987 · screenwriter -
Jamil Abbas 1927–2005 · association football player -
Mahmoud Abbas 1935– · politician -
Shlomo Abas 1948– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 120 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abbas.
- Abar 273 · U.S. census
- Abassi 195 · U.S. census
- Abat 195 · U.S. census
- Abate 4,344 · U.S. census
- Abati 116 · U.S. census
- Abba 253 · U.S. census
- Abbassi 434 · U.S. census
- Abbate 2,692 · U.S. census
- Abbe 1,368 · U.S. census
- Abbo 509 · U.S. census
- Abboud 1,615 · U.S. census
- Abdallah 4,121 · U.S. census
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