Abus
surname · Latin script
Meaning: little coin
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əbəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Abus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 251K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 805K
- DKDenmark1 in 838K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 251K (inferred from the name graph)
≈440 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Abuş in TR Türkiye.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
little coin
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Abus 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 251K | — | Abus | 14 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Abus | 25 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Abus | 18 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Abuş | 4 |
| IN India | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 30M | 1 | — | 6 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 805K | — | Abus | 12 |
| DK Denmark | 7 | 1 in 838K | 7 | — | — |
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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Abus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, worthless
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-pro, alternative form of *qabu (“ash”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gml, Something which causes a sensation or a stir; something that astonishes.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In phi-pro, to feel upset about s.t., brood over
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Latvian, accusative plural masculine of abi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #49,215 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #177,502 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Abus mean, and where does it come from?
- little coin Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Abus?
- A machine transcription gives /əbəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Abus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 435 people named Abus in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abus.
- How common is the name Abus?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 7 people named Abus, about 1 in 838 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/abusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Abus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.