Last Name ABBOT

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Meaning The son of Abraham or Abel.
So named from his office in the church; the chief ruler of an abbey - derived from the Syriac 'Abba,' signifying 'father.'
Origin English, Scottish, Irish

Rank 26,306 (2000 US census) 20,423 (1990 US census)
Count 873 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.8%, or 749 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.31%, or 90 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.92%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.57%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.03%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

Please, send us any information you may have about addition two character first names and especially ...

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