Cassim is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cassim
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cassim

How popular is Cassim?

Cassim is common in South Africa.

Cassim is ranked 13336 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cassims grew by 13.55932 per cent to 134 since 2000 and ranked 127494 after elevating 4765 spots. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 52.99 38.14
White 35.07 47.46
Black 5.97 0
Others 4.48 10.17
Cassim is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa while Sri Lanka is ahead in terms of density. Around 39569 people have been found who wears Cassim as their family name. Cassim is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
9,759 Japan5
4,921 Uganda5
4,881 Oman3
7,294 Kuwait3
1,418 Madagascar3
5,217 Zambia2
1,151 Brunei2
18,035 Egypt2
44,018 Poland2
35,969 Denmark2
20,186 Kenya2
2,449 Yemen2
91,784 Netherlands2
28,746 Algeria1
30,360 Thailand1
120,357 Argentina1
10,190 Bahrain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
47,891 Norway1
18,969 Wales1
2,078 Lesotho1
37,779 Serbia1
897,276 Russia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
5,553 Taiwan1
19,533 Uruguay1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
245,933 India50
8,214 Singapore35
36,547 Switzerland27
21,268 New Zealand21
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,460 Zimbabwe97
37,909 Canada85
2,134 Trinidad and Tobago77
Countries with hundreds of Cassim:
6,641 Pakistan754
10,467 England608
6,803 Saudi Arabia500
19,850 France490
698 Mauritius292
100,504 United States224
1,186 Qatar204
15,754 Australia169
59,024 Germany168
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
11,447 Malaysia152
26,965 Tanzania146
3,083 Botswana125
Countries with thousands of Cassim:
280 Sri Lanka9,064
1,208 Mozambique2,751
1,676 Malawi1,711
11,393 Brazil1,192
Countries with ten thousands of Cassim:
337 South Africa20,401
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Cassim Namesakes

  • Farida Cassimjee, Author
  • Yusuf Cassim, South African Politician

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