The Assaf surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 829 people carried this name — #27,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Assaf live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Assaf.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Assaf live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Assaf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ami Assaf 1903–1963 · politician -
Joseph Assaf 1944– · businessperson -
David Assaf 1956– · historian -
Rasheed Assaf 1958– · actor -
Samir Assaf 1960– · banker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Assaf.
- Aslanian 611 · U.S. census
- Asmus 1,985 · U.S. census
- Assa 154 · U.S. census
- Assad 1,230 · U.S. census
- Assadi 294 · U.S. census
- Assadourian 136 · U.S. census
- Assal 115 · U.S. census
- Assante 404 · U.S. census
- Asselin 1,689 · U.S. census
- Assi 378 · U.S. census
- Ast 1,065 · U.S. census
- Aste 189 · U.S. census
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