The Abassi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 195 people carried this name — #93,921 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 36% from 143 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 133 people named Abassi.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Abassi live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
64 people named Abassi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Abassi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ezzeddine Abassi 1920–2010 · engineer -
Ezzeddine Abassi 1920–2010 · engineer
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Houcine Abassi 1947– · trade unionist
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Houcine Abassi 1947– · trade unionist
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Myriam Abassi 1950– · official
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Marouane Abassi 1959– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abassi.
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