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    The surname Kassab

    A surname, carried by 1,517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K210

    Kassab: #18,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kassab #18,296, 1,517 people Kassab: #18,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kassab #18,296, 1,517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kassab is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,517 people named Kassab in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,212.

    #18,296
    rank among US surnames
    1,517
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,382)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658

    Who is named Kassab

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

    91% of people named Kassab identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kassabs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gilberto Kassab
      Brazilian politician, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kassab

    Kassab has the Soundex code K210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K210.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kassab?
    1,517 people in the United States had the surname Kassab in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. It ranked 18,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kassab?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kassab identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Kassab?
    Gilberto Kassab, Brazilian politician.
    Where is the surname Kassab most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kassab in Brazil.
    Is the surname Kassab getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,517 in 2010, up 25%.