Assef Surname
Approximately 2,393 people bear this surname
Assef Surname User-submission:
The surname Assef derives from the Arabic word āṣif, meaning 'forgiveness'.
Assef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 789 | 1:271,324 | 10,447 |
| Argentina | 274 | 1:155,998 | 13,175 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| United States | 185 | 1:1,959,237 | 126,399 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Senegal | 150 | 1:97,196 | 1,037 |
| France | 125 | 1:531,382 | 73,029 |
| Chile | 82 | 1:214,835 | 6,713 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Ecuador | 65 | 1:244,705 | 8,424 |
| Venezuela | 58 | 1:520,760 | 9,798 |
| Cuba | 42 | 1:274,350 | 5,115 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Asséf (1) are calculated separately.
Assef (173) may also be a first name.
Assef Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Assef derives from the Arabic word āṣif, meaning 'forgiveness'.
- u11Assef Demographics
Average Assef Salary in
United States
$51,624 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Assef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Assef (Russian: Ассеф) occurs most in Brazil. It may also appear as a variant: Asséf. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Assef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Assef is the 178,482nd most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,045,360 people. The surname Assef is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Assef are found; 53 percent are found in South America and 33 percent are found in Luso-South America. Assef is also the 694,534th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 173 people.
The last name Assef is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 789 people, or 1 in 271,324. In Brazil Assef is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 49 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 8 percent live and Amazonas, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 11 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Assef Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Assef last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.62% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Assef earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.64% more than the national average, earning $51,624 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.72% more than the national average, earning $66,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assef in the Russian language | ||
| Ассеф | assef | - |
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