Assad Surname
Approximately 43,608 people bear this surname
Assad Surname User-submission:
Assad means 'lion' in Arabic.
Assad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 10,739 | 1:8,561 | 1,047 |
| Sudan | 10,080 | 1:3,721 | 533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,492 | 1:6,869 | 956 |
| Morocco | 4,260 | 1:8,093 | 1,065 |
| Brazil | 2,890 | 1:74,074 | 2,765 |
| United States | 1,913 | 1:189,471 | 18,791 |
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Israel | 748 | 1:11,441 | 1,752 |
| Algeria | 716 | 1:53,955 | 9,220 |
| Argentina | 710 | 1:60,202 | 5,133 |
| Mexico | 523 | 1:237,335 | 5,975 |
| Pakistan | 508 | 1:351,661 | 6,954 |
| Iran | 430 | 1:178,564 | 14,890 |
| Canada | 383 | 1:96,203 | 10,471 |
| United Arab Emirates | 266 | 1:34,445 | 3,670 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| England | 201 | 1:277,204 | 21,667 |
| Iraq | 178 | 1:196,751 | 4,604 |
| South Africa | 168 | 1:322,486 | 30,363 |
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| Australia | 127 | 1:212,565 | 20,555 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Sweden | 79 | 1:124,642 | 8,853 |
| Germany | 76 | 1:1,059,282 | 71,604 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Qatar | 72 | 1:32,750 | 3,419 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Syria | 55 | 1:350,928 | 4,703 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Chile | 48 | 1:367,010 | 10,126 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Venezuela | 46 | 1:656,610 | 11,395 |
| Maldives | 35 | 1:11,548 | 870 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Senegal | 25 | 1:583,174 | 2,343 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Assad (37,037) may also be a first name.
Assad Surname Meaning
Assad Demographics
Average Male Assad Height
174.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Assad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Assad (Arabic: الأسد, Bengali: এসাদ, Hindi: अस्सद, Marathi: सद, Russian: Ассад) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assad? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,868th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 167,115 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Assad are found; 59 percent are found in North Africa and 48 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 23,669th most widely held first name globally, borne by 37,037 people.
It is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 10,739 people, or 1 in 8,561. Besides Egypt this last name exists in 117 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 23 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent are found.
Assad Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Assad surname are 10.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.01% registered with the party.
The amount Assad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.15% less than the national average, earning 314,411 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 136.07% more than the national average, earning R 560,988 per year; in United States they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $46,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.46% more than the national average, earning $61,340 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assad in the Bengali language | ||
| এসাদ | esada | 66.67 |
| আসাদ | asada | 33.33 |
| Assad in the Marathi language | ||
| सद | sada | 59.09 |
| असद | asada | 18.18 |
| साद | sada | 9.09 |
| असाद | asada | 9.09 |
| आसद | asada | 4.55 |
| Assad in the Hindi language | ||
| अस्सद | as'sada | 47.62 |
| अससद | asasada | 38.1 |
| असअद | asa'ada | 4.76 |
| अरशद | arasada | 4.76 |
| अस्साद | as'sada | 4.76 |
| Assad in the Russian language | ||
| Ассад | assad | - |
| Assad in the Arabic language | ||
| الأسد | alasd | - |
| الاسد | alasd | - |
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Footnotes
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