Abbot

See also: abbot

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Abbott.

Proper noun

Abbot (countable and uncountable, plural Abbots)

1. A surname.
2. A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after a John Abbot.

Derived terms

• Abbotford
• Abbotsford

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abbot is the 27918^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 859 individuals. Abbot is most common among White (85.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abbot”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.