Abela

See also: abela and abelá

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname.
• Borrowed from Maltese Abela.

Proper noun

Abela (plural Abelas)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A surname from Maltese [in turn from Spanish].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abela is the 40856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Abela is most common among White (69.29%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abela”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Icelandic

Proper noun

Abela f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Abela

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Abela
accusative	Abelu
dative	Abelu
genitive	Abelu

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Abella. Originally a Sephardic surname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɛː.la/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

Proper noun

Abela

1. a surname from Spanish