Abbot
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English
Etymology
Variant spelling of Abbott.
Proper noun
Abbot (countable and uncountable, plural Abbots)
- A surname.
- A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after a John Abbot.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Abbot is the 27918th 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.