The Abate Family Name

Spelled Abate, the surname still points back to Abbate. Read literally, Abate points to “Someone connected with an abbot or an abbey”. Abate drops the “b” of Abbate, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

4,344 Americans were listed as Abate in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames. Spain's INE counts 125 residents with Abate as first surname and 55 with it as second.

There is no single Abate family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Abate family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.