Explore the Family Name Abascal

The meaning of Abascal

Spanish: habitational name, probably from Abascal de Lemos, a village in Cantabria. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Amado, Jose, Manuel, Mario, Ana, Arturo, Bernabe, Francisco, Pedro, Rafael, Ricardo, Tomas.

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How common is the last name Abascal in the United States?

The surname Abascal has shown an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Abascal was ranked 45,227th in popularity among surnames in the United States, but by 2010 it had moved up to 42,378th, showing a positive change of 6.3 percent. Additionally, the number of individuals carrying the Abascal surname increased by 14.8 percent, moving from 446 in 2000 to 512 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion per 100,000 people with this surname remained constant at 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,227	#42,378	6.3%
Count	446	512	14.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.17	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Abascal

When considering the ethnic identity associated with the Abascal surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there were no recorded instances of this surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories in both 2000 and 2010. However, the percentage of those identifying as White and bearing this surname decreased significantly by 37.61 percent between 2000 and 2010, falling from 18.16 percent to 11.33 percent. In contrast, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic with the surname Abascal showed an increase of 9.37 percent during the same period, rising from 79.82 percent in 2000 to 87.30 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	79.82%	87.3%	9.37%
White	18.16%	11.33%	-37.61%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%