# Asad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/asad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,424 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,105 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 216,816 people |
| Change since 2000 | +66% (858 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Asad in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 35% |
| Two or more races | 5.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Asad in Argentina and Pakistan.

## People named Asad

- Muhammad Asad, Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992)
- Yamil Asad, Argentine association football player
- Omar Asad, Argentine footballer and manager
- Julio Daniel Asad, Argentinian association football player and association football manager

## Similar surnames

Assad, Azad, Asato, Aguado, Aust, Acedo, Aceto, Ast.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.