# Assad (surname)

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

An Arab surname, notably borne by Syrian presidents Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,400 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,334 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 220,533 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,230 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /æˈsɑːd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Asad |

## Etymology

From Arabic الأسد (al-ʔasad, literally “the lion”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Assad 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Assad in Algeria, Brazil and the United States.

## People named Assad

- Salah Assad, Algerian footballer
- Badi Assad, Brazilian jazz/worldbeat musician
- Montel Vontavious Porter, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.