Abaza is a surname.

In Russian, the surname "Абаза" (Abaza) was first recorded among noble families in 1843.^[1]

In a Circassian context, the Abazin people's "self-designation" Abaza (Abaza language: абаза) is separate from this Russian origin.^[2] The word is also the name of this people's language and of an Egyptian noble family from the same origin.^[2]^[3]

The following people share this surname:

The House of Abaza, Egypt's largest aristocratic family, of Abazin Circassian origins
Alexander Abaza (1821–1895), Russian finance minister
Alexander Nikolayevich Abaza (1872–1925), Russian diplomat
Alexey Abaza (1853–1915), Russian admiral
Arkady Abaza (1843–1915), Russian composer
Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979), Egyptian journalist and political activist
Jan Abaza (b. 1995), American tennis player
Rushdy Abaza (1926–1980), Egyptian actor
Tharwat Abaza (1927–2002), Egyptian journalist and novelist
Yanal Abaza (b. 1976), retired Syrian association football player
Aziz Pasha Abaza (b. 1898), an Egyptian poet and politician

References

Notes

^ Baskakov, p. 253
^ ^a ^b "The Abazians".
^ Marsot, Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid (12 January 1984). Egypt in the Reign of Mohamed Ali. ISBN 9780521289689.

Sources

Н. А. Баскаков (N. A. Baskakov). "Русские фамилии тюркского происхождения" (Russian Last Name of Turkic Origin). Изд. "Наука", главная редакция восточной литературы. Москва, 1979.

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