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    The surname Kassem

    A surname, carried by 1,121 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K250

    Kassem: #22,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kassem #22,838, 1,121 people Kassem: #22,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kassem #22,838, 1,121 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kassem is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,121 people named Kassem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 678.

    #22,838
    rank among US surnames
    1,121
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +65.3%
    change since 2000 (was #32,094)

    Who is named Kassem

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

    85% of people named Kassem identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as two or more races and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Two or more races 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kassem

    Kassem has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kassem?
    1,121 people in the United States had the surname Kassem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kassem?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kassem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kassem getting more or less common?
    More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, up 65%.