And after himAbdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
The placename is from theOld English personal nameAbba +tūn(“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village inShropshire, but it is also borrowed fromSpanishAbdón. The surname is mostly found in thePhilippines.
According to the 2010 United States Census,Abdon is the 35489th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals.Abdon is most common among White (50.79%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.35%) individuals.
