Kassim is used as a family name or surname in Kenya. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kassim
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Kenya
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kassim

How popular is Kassim?

Kassim is common in Kenya.

Kassim is ranked 2402 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kassims grew by 76.30137 per cent to 1287 since 2000 and ranked 20591 after elevating 9673 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 43.36 33.42
White 31.31 25.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 14.53 15.34
Others 7.54 21.92
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0
Kassim is quite popular family name mostly used in Tanzania while Comoros is ahead in terms of density. Around 228500 people have been found who wears Kassim as their family name. Kassim is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
138 Somalia8
5,318 China8
1,162 Madagascar4
3,044 Zambia4
2,955 Syria4
2,110 Mozambique4
5,909 Bangladesh3
8,926 Cameroon3
35,789 Turkey3
1,851 Togo3
394 The Gambia3
108,034 Italy3
4,231 Jamaica2
2,835 Libya2
40,256 Mexico2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
706 Burundi2
23,344 Austria2
2,152 Niger2
18,718 Thailand2
6,103 Cyprus2
12,161 Wales2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
14,644 Tunisia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
846 American Samoa1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
16,640 Hong Kong1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,243 Suriname1
734 Chad1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
29,046 Japan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,057 Myanmar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Trinidad and Tobago48
12,953 Finland48
20,906 Israel47
33,012 Belgium45
12,527 Denmark44
165,453 Indonesia43
7,570 Ireland38
109,969 Ukraine36
236,996 Russia35
20,103 Norway33
12,692 Scotland33
36,547 Switzerland27
68,343 Spain23
22,809 New Zealand19
94,051 Kazakhstan19
2,892 Iceland13
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,801 Netherlands84
11,524 Sweden80
Countries with hundreds of Kassim:
537 Singapore964
39,087 India856
11,618 France796
14,537 Germany706
10,269 Algeria625
3,834 Sri Lanka587
76 Brunei556
1,152 Oman464
2,397 Jordan432
1,795 Lebanon376
794 Qatar292
13,706 Canada275
624 Guyana229
8,477 Zimbabwe226
1,663 Kuwait226
56,243 Brazil175
925 Bahrain171
1,772 Mauritius146
21,027 Australia119
Countries with thousands of Kassim:
751 Uganda8,402
606 Ghana6,390
1,638 Egypt5,822
13 Comoros5,747
868 Sudan5,155
2,639 Pakistan3,143
1,270 Saudi Arabia2,847
380 Mali2,629
1,115 Malawi2,445
1,093 Ivory Coast2,338
47 Djibouti1,932
4,119 South Africa1,589
1,077 Rwanda1,473
736 United Arab Emirates1,391
5,644 England1,269
27,475 United States1,104
4,767 Morocco1,074
1,646 Benin1,054
Countries with ten thousands of Kassim:
134 Tanzania37,809
724 Nigeria36,222
164 Malaysia24,182
126 Yemen20,149
649 Ethiopia17,857
280 Iraq14,812
463 Kenya12,633
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Kassim Namesakes

  • Abdi Kassim, Soccer player
  • Ahmad Kassim, Politician
  • Amina Alijah Noor Ali Itmadi Kassim Jaffer, Sadruddin Hashwani's sister
  • Aslam Kassimali, Author
  • Ahmad Kassim, Politician
  • Husain Kassim, Author
  • Musa Kassim Omer, Physician
  • Ismail Kassim, Politician
  • Ismail Kassim, Politician
  • Issa Kassim Issa, Politician

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