The Kassem surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,121 people carried this name — #22,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 65% from 678 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 125 people named Kassem 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
118 people named Kassem live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Kassem.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kassem.
- Kasperski 477 · U.S. census
- Kasprzak 1,455 · U.S. census
- Kasprzyk 1,000 · U.S. census
- Kassa 1,669 · U.S. census
- Kassabian 447 · U.S. census
- Kassel 1,278 · U.S. census
- Kassim 1,287 · U.S. census
- Kast 2,048 · U.S. census
- Kastler 455 · U.S. census
- Kastner 4,136 · U.S. census
- Kaszuba 579 · U.S. census
- Katz 31,780 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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