The Hassoun surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 382 people carried this name — #54,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 53% from 250 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 182 people named Hassoun 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Hassoun.
Most of them — 118 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Hassoun 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Hassoun live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
267 people named Hassoun 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 Hassoun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine-Pierre IX Hassoun 1809–1884 · Catholic priest -
Rizqallah Hassun 1825–1880 · poet
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Jacques Hassoun 1936–1999 · psychiatrist
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Alwan Hassoun Alwan al-Abousi 1944– · military leader
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Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun 1949– · mufti
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Ali Hassoun 1964– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hassoun.
- Hassen 2,156 · U.S. census
- Hasser 235 · U.S. census
- Hassid 174 · U.S. census
- Hassler 4,499 · U.S. census
- Hassold 101 · U.S. census
- Hasson 3,233 · U.S. census
- Hatem 907 · U.S. census
- Haton 163 · U.S. census
- Hatt 2,574 · U.S. census
- Hattermann 114 · U.S. census
- Hattier 159 · U.S. census
- Hatton 12,090 · U.S. census
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