The Abella surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,785 people carried this name — #15,154 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 208 people named Abella.
79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Abella live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Abella 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 Hainaut.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abella.
- Abed 1,071 · U.S. census
- Abegg 291 · U.S. census
- Abel 18,243 · U.S. census
- Abela 478 · U.S. census
- Abelard 164 · U.S. census
- Abele 1,547 · U.S. census
- Abellard 162 · U.S. census
- Abelli 101 · U.S. census
- Abello 537 · U.S. census
- Abergel 148 · U.S. census
- Abert 398 · U.S. census
- Abes 149 · U.S. census
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