Sasson Surname
Approximately 3,218 people bear this surname
Sasson Surname User-submission:
Sasson or Sason is a Hebrew surname, which means 'happiness', 'joy'. This name is popular in Israel. This surname associates with Sephardic Jews.
Sasson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,613 | 1:224,711 | 21,748 |
| Argentina | 309 | 1:138,328 | 11,714 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| Brazil | 166 | 1:1,289,604 | 44,167 |
| Italy | 148 | 1:413,221 | 45,644 |
| Mexico | 100 | 1:1,241,262 | 14,731 |
| Uruguay | 96 | 1:35,747 | 4,143 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Panama | 43 | 1:90,983 | 3,586 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
The alternate forms: Sassón (5) are calculated separately.
Sasson (293) may also be a first name.
Sasson Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sasson or Sason is a Hebrew surname, which means 'happiness', 'joy'. This name is popular in Israel. This surname associates with Sephardic Jews.
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Average Sasson Salary in
United States
$60,043 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sasson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sasson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sasson (Arabic: ساسون, Marathi: ससून, Russian: Сассон) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sassón. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sasson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sasson is the 138,994th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,264,620 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Sasson live; 54 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 515,650th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 293 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,613 people, or 1 in 224,711. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 40 percent live, California, where 17 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Sasson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sasson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sasson last name expanded 2,781 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 126 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sasson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sasson are 25.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 78.69% registered with the party.
The amount Sasson earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning €29,001 per year; in Norway they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning 358,666 kr per year; in United States they earn 39.15% more than the national average, earning $60,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.81% more than the national average, earning $70,456 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sasson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sasson in the Marathi language | ||
| ससून | sasuna | 50 |
| ससुन | sasuna | 16.67 |
| शाशून | sasuna | 16.67 |
| सासुन | sasuna | 16.67 |
| Sasson in the Russian language | ||
| Сассон | sasson | - |
| Sasson in the Arabic language | ||
| ساسون | saswn | - |
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