Some variations of this surname are Abbati, Abati, Abeyti, Abbate and Abbiati.

We found originally in Modena, where it was common among clerics, city officials, army officers, artists and lenders.

It has to Antonio Abbate who arrived in New York in 1893, Abate Benign also arriving in New York in 1893, and Lorenzo Abate who came to New York in 1898