The surname Kassim
An Arabic surname, carried by 1,287 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K250
Origin
Arabic origin
An alternative form of Qasim, from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).
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 1,287 people named Kassim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. That is up 76% since 2000, when the Census counted 730.
Who is named Kassim
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
43% of people named Kassim identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Black (not Hispanic) 43%
- White (not Hispanic) 31%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 15%
- Two or more races 7.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kassim
Kassim has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kassim come from?
- An alternative form of Qasim, from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).
- How common is the surname Kassim?
- 1,287 people in the United States had the surname Kassim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. It ranked 20,591st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kassim?
- In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Kassim identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kassim getting more or less common?
- More common. 730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,287 in 2010, up 76%.