A'B

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

A'B is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 3.6K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 12K

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.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,200 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
116 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

A'BLatin(measured from records)
아브Hangul(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ab in DZ Algeria, SA Saudi Arabia, MY Malaysia and 1 more, Ãb in EG Egypt, MA Morocco and Âb in LY Libya.

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)

Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.

Sources 4

  • A Frequency Dictionary of German
  • Wiktionary
  • Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)

Where in the world(measured from records)

A'B 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.

Where A'B is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia—≈9,200 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Ab83
ID Indonesia—≈7,300 est.≈1 in 37K—Ab72
DZ Algeria#399≈6,400 est.≈1 in 6.7K—Ab13
EG Egypt—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 25K—Ãb36
SA Saudi Arabia—≈2,800 est.≈1 in 12K—Ab33
MA Morocco—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 13K—Ãb23
US United States—1,2311 in 270K901A'B71
LY Libya—≈450 est.≈1 in 15K—Âb16

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

A'B is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States, Netherlands, Chad

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Ab, Ãb, Äb, Àb, Âb

10 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists A'B under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name A'B mean, and where does it come from?
Abbreviation of abdominal muscles. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does A'B have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.2 thousand people named A'B in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ab.
How common is the name A'B?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,231 people named A'B in 2020, about 1 in 270 thousand residents.
How common is A'B compared with other names?
In Algeria, A'B is the 399th most common given name of 27,215 given names 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, “A'B” — the 399th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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