How common is the last name Abel?

17,596 people in the United States have the last name Abel, about 1 in 16,987. It ranks #2,011 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ABEL

#2,011

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,596
About
1 in 16,987
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,596 people with the last name Abel, 85.1% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Abel

#2,009 Cope · 17,599#2,009 Hoffmann · 17,599#2,012 Tobin · 17,588#2,013 Dobbs · 17,572

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abel, most common first.

#4,990 Abell · 6,819#17,631 Abele · 1,565#41,249 Abela · 569#83,373 Abuel · 243#106,101 Abeel · 179#155,270 Abely · 101

Also a first name

As a first name, Abel ranks #776 of 53,615, with 63,705 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 3,255 births. See Abel as a first name

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