How common is the surname Asad?

1,424 people in the United States had the surname Asad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. It ranked 19,105th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Asad?

In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Asad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Asad?

Muhammad Asad, Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992), followed by Yamil Asad.

Where is the surname Asad most common?

Wikidata records people named Asad in Argentina and Pakistan.

Is the surname Asad getting more or less common?

More common. 858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,424 in 2010, up 66%.

The surname Asad

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,424 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Asad is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,424 people named Asad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. That is up 66% since 2000, when the Census counted 858.

#19,105

rank among US surnames

1,424

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+66%

change since 2000 (was #26,694)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,097	Porath	1,425	216,664
#19,105	Rosenau	1,424	216,816
#19,114	Sereno	1,423	216,968

Who is named Asad

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

49% of people named Asad identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Asads

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Muhammad Asad
Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992)
Yamil Asad
Argentine association football player, born 1994
Omar Asad
Argentine footballer and manager, born 1971
Julio Daniel Asad
Argentinian association football player and association football manager, born 1953

Notable Asads come mostly from Argentina (3) and Pakistan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Asad

Asad has the Soundex code A230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A230.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Asad come from?: Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
How common is the surname Asad?: 1,424 people in the United States had the surname Asad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. It ranked 19,105th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Asad?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Asad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Asad?: Muhammad Asad, Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992), followed by Yamil Asad.
Where is the surname Asad most common?: Wikidata records people named Asad in Argentina and Pakistan.
Is the surname Asad getting more or less common?: More common. 858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,424 in 2010, up 66%.