Abun

surname · Latin script

Meaning: illusion (abun-abun)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/æbən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Abun is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Philippines.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines
  • ESSpain
  • MXMexico

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

illusion (abun-abun)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Abun counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Abun is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—Abun4
MX Mexico—Abun11
ES Spain—Abun6
US United States—Abun7
AR Argentina—Abun6

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.

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)

Abun is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Amharic surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Israel, South Africa

    Also written አቡኔ, Abune, አቡን, አቡነ, Abuna

  • Bangla name3 spellings in the group

    Also written আবন

30 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Abun 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 sne, cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In poz-wmp-pro, collect, gather

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mtf, cloud, fog

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In sib, cloud

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In tnw, smoke

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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)

FormalDear Abun,
InformalHi Abun,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Abun mean, and where does it come from?
illusion (abun-abun) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Abun?
A machine transcription gives /æbən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Abun have the most bearers?
Abun is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled abun.

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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, “Abun”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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