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, Iranian protester, assaulted and detained as a prisoner
• Asadollah Abbasi, Iranian politician
• Ashraf Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• 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 Hanif Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman
• Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Pakistani judge
• Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Bangladeshi musicologist
• Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani Muslim scholar
• Nadeem Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
• Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• Pericles Abbasi, attorney
• Rajab Ali Khan Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Pakistani politician
• Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman, prime minister of Pakistan 2017–2018
• Shaykh 'Abbasi, Persian painter
• Soulmaz Abbasi, Iranian rower
• Tanveer Abbasi, Pakistani poet
• Vahid Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian volleyball player
• Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistani navy officer
• Zeeshan Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer

References

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.