Abaza (surname)

Abaza is the name of an ethnic group closely related to the Circassians, the Abazins, their language, the Abaza language, an Egyptian noble family, the Abaza Family, and a surname.

The Abazin people's "self-designation" is Abaza (Abaza: абаза).^[1] The word is also where the historic country of Abazinia gets its name.^[1][2]

In Russian, the surname "Абаза" (Abaza) was first recorded among noble families in 1843.^[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 (1898–1973), an Egyptian poet and politician