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    The surname Assaf

    A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A210

    Assaf: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Assaf #21,830, 1,191 people Assaf: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Assaf #21,830, 1,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Assaf is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,191 people named Assaf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 829.

    #21,830
    rank among US surnames
    1,191
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,386)

    Who is named Assaf

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

    85% of people named Assaf identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 4.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Assaf

    Assaf has the Soundex code A210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A210.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Assaf?
    1,191 people in the United States had the surname Assaf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Assaf?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Assaf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Assaf getting more or less common?
    More common. 829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 44%.