Assan is used as a family name or surname in Ivory Coast. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Assan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ivory Coast
Meaning: Variant name Hassan (see Hassani) driven mainly by Jews from North Africa. The Assani derivative is especially for its Arabic hand, it is common to Mayotte.

How popular is Assan?

Assan is common in Ivory Coast.

Assan is ranked 22766 on our list.

There are about 100 people in US who wears Assan as surname and ranked 160975 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Black 60
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 17
Assan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ghana which signifies that it is originated from Ghana. Around 22628 people have been found who wears Assan as their family name. Assan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
16,861 Iran4
329 The Gambia4
2,110 Mozambique4
381,097 Ukraine4
124,420 Spain3
22,232 Morocco3
34,681 Norway2
8,995 Uganda2
5,318 Iraq2
20,595 China2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
21,929 Algeria2
40,064 Nigeria2
14,618 Guyana1
7,198 Maldives1
66,560 Philippines1
897,276 Russia1
613 Central African Republic1
8,181 Botswana1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
11,486 Estonia1
21,562 Portugal1
17,768 Pakistan1
118,015 Netherlands1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
2,935 Madagascar1
9,498 Iceland1
7,292 Vietnam1
38,063 Mauritania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
72,994 Canada39
9,109 Burkina Faso25
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,902 Qatar88
30,613 Australia74
78,184 Italy67
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
27,191 Zimbabwe51
Countries with hundreds of Assan:
3,550 Cameroon991
2,014 Benin820
3,059 Sri Lanka783
8,811 Egypt613
22,607 Brazil556
5,324 Malaysia405
3,143 Ecuador368
31,405 Indonesia329
22,396 Turkey245
11,226 Kazakhstan238
22,861 England220
100,718 India213
61,459 France159
136,916 United States152
71,225 Germany134
36,751 Argentina134
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Assan:
411 Ghana9,825
551 Niger2,900
2,016 Malawi1,467
1,686 Ivory Coast1,461
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

E. Assan worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Astoria and arrived on June 21, 1851.

Assan Namesakes

  • Aadil Assana, Soccer player
  • Alessandra Assante, Actress
  • Alessandra Assante, Actress
  • Anya Assante, Actress
  • Anya Assante, Armand Assante's daughter
  • Armand Assante, Actor
  • Ratna Assan, Actor
  • Afari Assan, Author
  • Caterina Assandra, Composer
  • Armand Assante, Actor

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