'''Abascal''' is a Spanish surname, derived from the village of Abascal de Lemos in the municipality of Arredondo in Cantabria, Spain.<ref>{{cite news|title=El municipio del que desciende Abascal es el que menos votó a Vox de los 102 de Cantabria |language=Spanish |publisher=el diario cantabria|date=May 28, 2019 |url=https://eldiariocantabria.publico.es/articulo/politica/municipio-desciende-abascal-es-menos-voto-vox-102-cantabria/20190528192501060832.html |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Belson">https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=abascal {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=December 2023}}</ref> The name of the village, in turn, has Basque roots and is composed of two words meaning "priest" (''abas'') and "street" (''kale'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsurn0000hank/page/n57/mode/2up?view=theater |title=A Dictionary of Surnames |last2=Hodges |first2=Flavia |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1988 |isbn=0-19-211592-8 |pages=1 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
*Adriana Abascal (born 1970), Mexican model *Alejandro Abascal (born 1952), Spanish sailor *Amelia Abascal (1923-?), Mexican painter, sculptor and ceramist *Carlos Abascal (1949–2008), Mexican politician *Francis Abascal (born 1966), Spanish footballer *Gonzalo Abascal (born 1990), Chilean footballer *Graciela Abascal (1939–2020), Mexican artist *Guille Abascal (born 1989), Spanish footballer and manager *José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa (1743–1821), Spanish viceroy of Peru *José Manuel Abascal (born 1958), Spanish runner *Mar Abascal (born 1980), Spanish actress *Marco Abascal (born 1960), Chilean footballer *Naty Abascal (born 1943), Spanish model *Ricardo Gutiérrez Abascal (1888–1963), Spanish art critic *Rodrigo Abascal (born 1994), Uruguayan footballer *Salvador Abascal (1910–2000), Mexican politician *Santiago Abascal (born 1976), Spanish sociologist and politician *Santiago Abascal Escuza (1949–2017), Spanish politician, father of the above *Silvia Abascal (born 1979), Spanish actress
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