Abbasi (surname)

Abbasi is a surname derived from the personal name Abbas, implying descent or association with someone called Abbas. The name is especially popular in Pakistan and Iran.^[1] In particular, it may be used by families claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) or from similar ancestral sources.^[2]^[3] Notable people with this surname include:

Ali Abbasi (director) (born 1981), Iranian-Danish film director
Ali Abbasi (television host) (1961–2004), Pakistani-born Scottish television presenter
Amanullah Abbasi, Pakistani judge
Anoushay Abbasi, Pakistani actress
Ansar Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
Aram Abbasi, Iranian football player
Armita Abbasi (born 2001), Iranian protester, assaulted and detained as a prisoner
Asadollah Abbasi, Iranian politician
Ashraf Abbasi, Pakistani politician
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman, prime minister of Pakistan 2017–2018
Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman
Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Pakistani Politician, Senator
Davoud Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian football player
Forough Abbasi, Iranian alpine skier
Hamza Ali Abbasi, Pakistani actor and the religious student of Islamic scholar Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Heydar Abbasi, Iranian poet
Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricketer
Javeria Abbasi, Pakistani film–television actress
Kashif Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
Kazi Jalil Abbasi, Indian politician
Mohammad Abbas Abbasi, Pakistani politician
Mohammad Abbasi, Iranian politician
Mohammadreza Abbasi, Iranian football player
Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Pakistani judge
Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Bangladeshi musicologist
Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani Muslim scholar
Nadeem Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, Pakistani politician&
Pericles Abbasi, Alpha male
Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Pakistani politician from Abbottabad, who also served as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan from 2014 to 2016
Shaykh 'Abbasi, Persian painter
Soulmaz Abbasi, Iranian rower
Tanveer Abbasi, Pakistani poet
Vahid Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian volleyball player
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistan navy officer
Zeeshan Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer

^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
^ Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.

[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-1] Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[2] Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

[3] Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.

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