The Assad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,400 people carried this name — #19,334 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,230 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Assad surname
An Arab surname, notably borne by Syrian presidents Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad.
From Arabic الأسد (al-ʔasad, literally “the lion”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Assad» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 677 people named Assad live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Assad.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Martinique.
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
49 people named Assad 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
137 people named Assad 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).
In print
Assad in American newspapers,
1879–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,322 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Assad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari 1856–1917 · politician -
María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad 1953– · economist -
Salah Assad 1958– · association football coach -
Badi Assad 1966– · singer -
Alvaro Assad 1968– · actor -
J. Robert Assad 1930–1997 · geologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 24 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Assad.
- Asencio 3,006 · U.S. census
- Asensio 264 · U.S. census
- Aslan 532 · U.S. census
- Aslanian 673 · U.S. census
- Asmus 1,994 · U.S. census
- Assa 169 · U.S. census
- Assadi 367 · U.S. census
- Assadourian 146 · U.S. census
- Assaf 1,191 · U.S. census
- Assal 145 · U.S. census
- Assante 425 · U.S. census
- Asselin 1,711 · U.S. census
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