Abaza (surname)
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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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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