Find out how popular the last name Abdala is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Abdala.

Abdala, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Abdala surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abdala in America

Abdala is the 55505th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abdala surname appeared 370 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Abdala.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abdala to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Abdala

The surname "ABDALA" is of Arabic origin and can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have originated in the region of modern-day Syria and Lebanon, where it was likely derived from the Arabic name "Abd Allah," meaning "servant of God."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name "ABDALA" can be found in the 12th-century manuscript "The Book of the Superiority of the Arabs over Non-Arabs" by Al-Jahiz. In this work, the author mentions an individual named Abdala ibn Yasin, a prominent Islamic scholar and jurist from Andalusia.

During the Islamic Golden Age, which spanned from the 8th to the 13th centuries, the name "ABDALA" gained popularity across the Mediterranean region, particularly in Spain and Portugal. It is documented that in the 11th century, there was a family of skilled artisans and craftsmen from Seville, Spain, who bore the surname "ABDALA."

In the 14th century, the name "ABDALA" appears in records from the city of Fez, Morocco, where a prominent merchant and trader named Abdala al-Fasi lived and operated a successful business. His descendants continued to use the surname for several generations.

As the Ottoman Empire expanded across the Middle East and North Africa, the name "ABDALA" spread to various regions, including modern-day Turkey, Egypt, and Algeria. One notable figure from this period was Abdala Pasha, a Ottoman statesman and military commander who governed several provinces in the 16th century.

In the 18th century, the name "ABDALA" found its way to the Americas through Spanish and Portuguese colonization. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Juan Abdala, a Spanish settler who established a thriving agricultural estate in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico in the late 1700s.

Other notable figures throughout history with the surname "ABDALA" include:

1. Fadl ibn Abdala, a renowned Arab poet and scholar from the 9th century.
2. Khalil Abdala, a prominent Egyptian writer and journalist in the early 20th century.
3. Rafael Abdala, a Cuban revolutionary and close companion of Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s.
4. Bashar Abdala, a Syrian diplomat and former ambassador to several countries in the late 20th century.
5. Ramiro Abdala, an Argentine football (soccer) player who represented his national team in the 1970s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abdala

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Abdala.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Abdala was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Abdala has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Abdala was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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