Qassem Surname
Approximately 7,819 people bear this surname
Qassem Surname User-submission:
An Arabic surname, meaning 'someone separating things' or 'one who divides goods among his people'.
Qassem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,844 | 1:23,917 | 2,699 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,140 | 1:9,827 | 1,385 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Iran | 125 | 1:614,260 | 33,895 |
| United Arab Emirates | 121 | 1:75,721 | 6,985 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Qatar | 37 | 1:63,730 | 6,585 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Qassem (2,781) may also be a first name.
Qassem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
An Arabic surname, meaning 'someone separating things' or 'one who divides goods among his people'.
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Average Qassem Salary in
United States
$47,361 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Qassem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qassem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qassem is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Qassem.
How Common Is The Last Name Qassem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 64,024th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 932,030 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Qassem reside; 49 percent reside in North Africa and 49 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Qassem is also the 138,398th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,781 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 3,844 people, or 1 in 23,917. Excluding Egypt it exists in 38 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 40 percent live and Kuwait, where 2 percent live.
Qassem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Qassem surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Qassem earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning $48,904 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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