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

Abdou, 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 Abdou surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abdou in America

Abdou is the 27918th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abdou surname appeared 859 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 Abdou.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abdou 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 Abdou

The surname ABDOU is believed to have originated in North Africa, specifically in the Maghreb region which includes modern-day countries like Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is derived from the Arabic name "Abdullah" which translates to "servant of God" or "servant of Allah." This name has its roots in the Islamic tradition and culture that spread across the region during the 7th century.

ABDOU is a romanized version of the Arabic name عبدو (Abdu), which is a shortened form of عبد الله (Abdullah). The earliest known references to the name can be found in medieval Arabic manuscripts and records from the region. It is believed that the name gained widespread popularity during the time of the Islamic Golden Age, when the Maghreb was a center of learning, culture, and trade.

One of the earliest known historical figures with the surname ABDOU was Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Abdawi, a renowned scholar and poet who lived in the 9th century CE in what is now modern-day Tunisia. Another notable figure was Ibn Abdoun, an Andalusian poet and philosopher from the 11th century who hailed from the city of Evora, which was then part of the Moorish territory in the Iberian Peninsula.

In the 12th century, there are records of a family named ABDOU residing in the city of Fez, Morocco. This family was known for their expertise in the textile trade and played an important role in the city's economic and cultural life. During this period, the name ABDOU also appeared in various Moroccan chronicles and historical texts.

As the Islamic influence spread across the Mediterranean, the name ABDOU also found its way into other regions, such as Sicily and parts of Southern Italy. One notable figure from this region was Abdou al-Siciliano, a 13th-century poet and scholar who was born in Palermo and wrote extensively in Arabic and Sicilian Arabic dialects.

In more recent times, the surname ABDOU has been carried by notable individuals such as Abdou Diouf, who served as the President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000, and Abdou Filali-Ansari, a Moroccan diplomat and author who was the Director of the Royal Institute for Research on the History of Morocco.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abdou

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

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 Abdou 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 Abdou 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 Abdou was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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