The Sassano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 879 people carried this name — #27,435 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 759 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sassano surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sassano» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 398 people named Sassano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Sassano live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Sassano.
Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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.
Who carried it
People named Sassano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Matteo Sassano 1667–1737 · opera singer -
Vicente Sassano 1899–1967 · bandoneonist
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Francesco Sassano 1915–1946
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Mario Sassano 1923–1984 · politician
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Marco Sassano 1949– · journalist
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Luke Sassano 1985– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sassano.
- Sartore 232 · U.S. census
- Sartori 2,040 · U.S. census
- Sartorio 223 · U.S. census
- Sartoris 254 · U.S. census
- Sartorius 379 · U.S. census
- Sas 770 · U.S. census
- Sasse 1,772 · U.S. census
- Sassi 595 · U.S. census
- Sassin 272 · U.S. census
- Sasso 2,923 · U.S. census
- Sasson 983 · U.S. census
- Sassone 554 · U.S. census
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