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    The surname Rassi

    An Arabic surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Rassi: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rassi #41,799, 520 people Rassi: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rassi #41,799, 520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rassi is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic رَأْسِيّ (raʔsiyy, “main, principal, vertical”); this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon.

    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 520 people named Rassi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 447.

    #41,799
    rank among US surnames
    520
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.3%
    change since 2000 (was #45,149)

    Who is named Rassi

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

    83% of people named Rassi identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rassi

    Rassi has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rassi come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic رَأْسِيّ (raʔsiyy, “main, principal, vertical”); this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon.
    How common is the surname Rassi?
    520 people in the United States had the surname Rassi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rassi?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Rassi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rassi getting more or less common?
    More common. 447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, up 16%.