Yassin Surname
Approximately 493,958 people bear this surname
Yassin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 122,986 | 1:285 | 53 |
| Sudan | 76,721 | 1:489 | 58 |
| Egypt | 61,473 | 1:1,496 | 202 |
| Syria | 52,074 | 1:371 | 51 |
| Ethiopia | 34,611 | 1:2,818 | 487 |
| Jordan | 31,860 | 1:278 | 20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20,273 | 1:1,522 | 162 |
| Lebanon | 15,219 | 1:370 | 42 |
| Palestine | 14,074 | 1:323 | 12 |
| Tanzania | 10,135 | 1:5,224 | 690 |
| Yemen | 9,352 | 1:2,826 | 439 |
| Morocco | 7,668 | 1:4,496 | 510 |
| Malaysia | 7,529 | 1:3,917 | 577 |
| Somalia | 5,833 | 1:2,306 | 229 |
| Libya | 5,109 | 1:1,222 | 327 |
| Malawi | 4,601 | 1:3,721 | 499 |
| Brunei | 1,659 | 1:252 | 40 |
| Kuwait | 1,562 | 1:2,433 | 305 |
| Iran | 1,173 | 1:65,458 | 6,917 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,097 | 1:8,352 | 1,040 |
| Kenya | 1,020 | 1:45,274 | 4,678 |
| United States | 998 | 1:363,185 | 32,353 |
| Uganda | 885 | 1:44,112 | 5,521 |
| Djibouti | 824 | 1:1,110 | 127 |
| Indonesia | 658 | 1:200,987 | 19,053 |
| England | 479 | 1:116,322 | 11,861 |
| Pakistan | 367 | 1:486,768 | 8,485 |
| Canada | 281 | 1:131,123 | 13,644 |
| Qatar | 265 | 1:8,898 | 975 |
| India | 263 | 1:2,916,598 | 88,304 |
| Sweden | 251 | 1:39,230 | 3,127 |
| Algeria | 223 | 1:173,236 | 21,511 |
| France | 167 | 1:397,741 | 58,569 |
| Germany | 156 | 1:516,061 | 43,667 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Singapore | 141 | 1:39,062 | 1,450 |
| Philippines | 121 | 1:836,680 | 78,497 |
| Oman | 115 | 1:32,069 | 2,285 |
| Mexico | 113 | 1:1,098,462 | 13,844 |
| Guyana | 110 | 1:6,929 | 1,147 |
| Tunisia | 89 | 1:6,861 | 1,141 |
| Israel | 70 | 1:122,252 | 13,395 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Denmark | 57 | 1:99,030 | 9,368 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Norway | 48 | 1:107,131 | 14,344 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Romania | 34 | 1:590,526 | 42,844 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Eritrea | 16 | 1:296,994 | 232 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Yàssin (1) are calculated separately.
Yassin (300,123) may also be a first name.
Yassin Demographics
Average Male Yassin Height
177.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yassin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yassin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yassin (Arabic: ياسن, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺳﻴﻦ, Hindi: याससीन, Marathi: यासीन, Oriya: ୟାସିନ, Russian: Яссин) is more frequently found in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Yàssin. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yassin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yassin is the 1,086th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,753 people. The last name Yassin occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Yassin are found; 54 percent are found in West Asia and 48 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 3,486th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 300,123 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iraq, where it is borne by 122,986 people, or 1 in 285. Other than Iraq this surname is found in 117 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 16 percent are found and Egypt, where 12 percent are found.
Yassin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (85%) in Kenya and Shiite (60%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Yassin surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yassin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 55.29% less than the national average, earning €13,427 per year; in Norway they earn 12.25% less than the national average, earning 303,688 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.44% less than the national average, earning R 186,696 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $24,645,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.39% more than the national average, earning $43,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.5% less than the national average, earning $44,962 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yassin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yassin in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାସିନ | yasina | - |
| Yassin in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺳﻴﻦ | yasyn | 95 |
| ﻳﺎﺳﻦ | yasn | 5 |
| Yassin in the Marathi language | ||
| यासीन | yasina | 85.71 |
| यासीम | yasima | 7.14 |
| मयासीन | mayasina | 7.14 |
| Yassin in the Hindi language | ||
| याससीन | yasasina | 60 |
| यास्सीन | yas'sina | 20 |
| यासमीन | yasamina | 20 |
| Yassin in the Russian language | ||
| Яссин | assin | - |
| Yassin in the Arabic language | ||
| ياسن | yasn | - |
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Footnotes
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