Show ContentsAbella Surname History

Early Origins of the Abella family

The surname Abella was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Abella family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Abella research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1271 and 1477 are included under the topic Early Abella History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Abella Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Azbell, Abella, Abello, Azbello, Azbella, Abela and many more.

Early Notables of the Abella family

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United States Abella migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Abella Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Fco Abella, who settled in New Orleans in 1825
  • Fco Abella, aged 45, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1825 1
  • V. Abella, who arrived in San Francisco in 1851
  • Andres Abella, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Abella (post 1700) +

  • Irving Martin Abella CM OOnt FRSC (1940-2022), Canadian historian who served as a professor at York University from 1968 to 2013, he specialized in the history of the Jews in Canada and the Canadian labour movement


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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