The Assi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 570 people carried this name — #38,754 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 51% from 378 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 210 people named Assi 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 60 people named Assi.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
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
43 people named Assi live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Assi 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 Walloon Brabant.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
198 people named Assi 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
Assi in American newspapers,
1871–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 190,463 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Assi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adolphe Assi 1841–1886 · politician -
Lamia Assi 1955– · diplomat -
Zena Assi 1974– · painter -
O. Assi 1979– · actor -
Pacome Assi 1981– · kickboxer -
Rav Assi 200– · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 25 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Assi.
- 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
- Ast 1,113 · U.S. census
- Aste 211 · U.S. census
- Astolfi 224 · U.S. census
- Astor 807 · U.S. census
- Atallah 933 · U.S. census
- Atamian 402 · U.S. census
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