Abbate surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Abbate surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,673 people carried this name — #10,923 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Abbate.

Most of them — 90 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Var.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 90
Var 15
Rhône 15
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Paris 9
Loire 4
Vaucluse 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

96 people named Abbate live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 21
Ticino 19
Aargau 14
Bern 13
Geneva 10
Basel-Landschaft 8
Lucerne 4
Vaud 4

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 87 people named Abbate 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

Liège 46
Hainaut 30
Limburg 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Abbate is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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