Surname Checker / Abel
How Common Is the Last Name Abel?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Abel today
20,444
Ranked #1,958 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.26 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 18,464 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
88.24%
Black
4.92%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.92%
Hispanic
3.3%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.