The Hassan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,801 people carried this name — #1,652 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,500 people counted. That is up 82% from 11,993 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hassan surname
A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
From Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “cantor”), possibly via Ladino hassan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hassan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,826 people named Hassan live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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/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 1,055 people named Hassan 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 850 people named Hassan 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 452 people named Hassan.
Most of them — 298 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
134 people named Hassan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 601 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
13,253 people named Hassan are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hassan in American newspapers,
1889–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,390 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hassan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Uzun Hassan 1423–1478 · sovereign -
Mulay Hassan 1505–1549 · caliph -
Vita Hassan 1858–1893 -
Ahmad Hassan 1887–1958 -
Selina Hassan 1901–1996 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hassan.
- Hasbrouck 1,930 · U.S. census
- Hasenfratz 168 · U.S. census
- Haser 359 · U.S. census
- Hasler 1,884 · U.S. census
- Hasley 1,410 · U.S. census
- Hass 6,863 · U.S. census
- Hassani 452 · U.S. census
- Hasse 2,148 · U.S. census
- Hasselmann 200 · U.S. census
- Hassen 2,156 · U.S. census
- Hasser 235 · U.S. census
- Hassid 174 · U.S. census
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