Âbbâs
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Âbbâs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 234(inferred from the name graph)
- BHBahrain≈1 in 622
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 676
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 336 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 234 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Abbas in PK Pakistan, US United States, SY Syria and 6 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Arabicعَبَّاسʕabbās“one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”(measured from records)
- Arabic rootعَبَسَʕabasa“to frown”(measured from records)
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
Sources 8
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Wiktionary
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Âbbâs counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #9 | ≈1,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 234 | listed | Abbas | 178 |
| NG Nigeria | #343 | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | listed | Abbas | 74 |
| IQ Iraq | #14 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 863 | — | Abbas | 77 |
| EG Egypt | #193 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Abbas | 154 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #46 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Abbas | 131 |
| SY Syria | #25 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 711 | — | Abbas | 47 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #20 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 676 | — | Abbas | 145 |
| US United States | — | 4,974 | 1 in 67K | 7.1K | Abbas | 336 |
| BH Bahrain | #8 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 622 | — | Abbas | 74 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Âbbâs mean, and where does it come from?
- From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Âbbâs have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 997 thousand people named Âbbâs in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abbas.
- How common is the name Âbbâs?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,974 people named Âbbâs in 2010, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
- How common is Âbbâs compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Âbbâs is the 9th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Âbbâs” — the 9th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.