Find out how popular the last name Hassam is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hassam.

Hassam, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hassam surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hassam in America

Hassam is the 100302nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hassam surname appeared 180 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hassam.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hassam to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hassam

The surname Hassam has its origins in the Middle East, specifically in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula. It is derived from the Arabic word "hasham," which means "to crush" or "to grind." This likely suggests that the name may have referred to an occupation or trade related to milling or grinding grains in its earliest usage.

The name is believed to have emerged around the 7th or 8th century CE, during the early Islamic era, when Arabic names and surnames started to become more prevalent. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in medieval Arabic manuscripts and records from the 9th century onwards.

The Hassam name has been associated with several notable figures throughout history. One of the earliest was Abu Bakr al-Hassam, a renowned Islamic scholar and poet who lived in present-day Iraq in the 9th century. Another prominent individual was Ibn al-Hassam, a 10th-century Andalusian historian and author from the city of Cordoba in present-day Spain.

In the 13th century, a famous Sufi mystic and poet named Farid al-Din Attar wrote about a man named Hassam al-Basri in his work "The Conference of the Birds." This Hassam al-Basri was known for his wisdom and spiritual teachings.

During the Ottoman Empire period, the name Hassam was well-represented among scholars, writers, and government officials. One notable figure was Mustafa Hassam Efendi, a 16th-century Ottoman statesman and historian who served as the Grand Vizier under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

In more recent times, the American artist Childe Hassam, born Frederick Childe Hassam in 1859 and known for his Impressionist paintings of urban landscapes and coastal scenes, has been one of the most famous bearers of the surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hassam

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hassam.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hassam was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hassam has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hassam was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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