Kassem Surname
Approximately 83,702 people bear this surname
Kassem Surname User-submission:
It comes from an Arab verb, meaning 'to cut'. The meaning is '[the one] who shares'.
Kassem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 61,137 | 1:1,504 | 204 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,375 | 1:2,974 | 383 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Morocco | 1,329 | 1:25,941 | 4,108 |
| United States | 1,134 | 1:319,629 | 29,156 |
| Nigeria | 717 | 1:247,061 | 14,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 515 | 1:17,791 | 2,117 |
| Algeria | 411 | 1:93,994 | 14,297 |
| Kuwait | 395 | 1:9,622 | 1,331 |
| Qatar | 346 | 1:6,815 | 734 |
| Germany | 271 | 1:297,068 | 30,611 |
| Sweden | 267 | 1:36,879 | 2,967 |
| Canada | 202 | 1:182,404 | 18,127 |
| England | 175 | 1:318,389 | 23,763 |
| Denmark | 148 | 1:38,140 | 3,978 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| France | 129 | 1:514,905 | 71,423 |
| Brazil | 119 | 1:1,798,944 | 58,246 |
| Australia | 114 | 1:236,804 | 22,158 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Netherlands | 68 | 1:248,341 | 31,935 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Syria | 62 | 1:311,307 | 4,547 |
| Venezuela | 53 | 1:569,888 | 10,391 |
| Senegal | 44 | 1:331,349 | 1,750 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Finland | 23 | 1:238,987 | 19,121 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Tunisia | 18 | 1:33,924 | 4,997 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Jordan | 6 | 1:1,473,740 | 19,539 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kassem (15,470) may also be a first name.
Kassem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It comes from an Arab verb, meaning 'to cut'. The meaning is '[the one] who shares'.
- kacemKassem Demographics
Average Kassem Salary in
United States
$44,601 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kassem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kassem (Bengali: কাশেম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ, Hindi: कासिम, Russian: Кассем) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kassem is the 6,763rd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 87,065 people. The surname Kassem occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kassem live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 77 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 45,412th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 15,470 people.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 61,137 people, or 1 in 1,504. Apart from Egypt it occurs in 98 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent are found and Libya, where 4 percent are found.
Kassem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kassem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kassem last name grew 56,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kassem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kassem surname are 0.72000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.95% registered with the party.
The amount Kassem earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 29.11% less than the national average, earning 245,344 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.37% more than the national average, earning $44,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.1% less than the national average, earning $46,654 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kassem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kassem in the Hindi language | ||
| कासिम | kasima | - |
| Kassem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ | alqasm | 66.67 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻢ | kasm | 16.67 |
| ﻗﺎﺳﻢ | qasm | 8.33 |
| ﺧﺎﺳﻢ | khasm | 8.33 |
| Kassem in the Bengali language | ||
| কাশেম | kasema | 60 |
| কাসেম | kasema | 40 |
| Kassem in the Russian language | ||
| Кассем | kassem | - |
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