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

Kassim, 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 Kassim surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kassim in America

Kassim is the 20591st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kassim surname appeared 1,287 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 Kassim.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kassim 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 Kassim

The surname KASSIM has its origins in the Arabic language and can be traced back to the Middle East and North Africa regions. It is derived from the Arabic word "Qasim," which means "distributor" or "divider." The name is believed to have emerged during the early Islamic era, around the 7th century CE.

The earliest recorded instances of the name KASSIM can be found in historical documents and manuscripts from the medieval Islamic world. One notable example is the Qasim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr, a renowned scholar and philosopher from the 9th century CE who hailed from Khorasan, a region spanning parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.

As the Islamic empires expanded, the name KASSIM spread to various regions, including parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Iberian Peninsula. In the 11th century, a powerful Muslim dynasty known as the Ghaznavids ruled over parts of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, and one of their prominent rulers was Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, whose full name was Mahmud bin Sebuktegin Qasim.

During the medieval period, the name KASSIM also appeared in various chronicles and historical records from the Middle East and North Africa. One notable figure was Qasim al-Riqqi, a 13th-century poet and scholar from Egypt who was renowned for his contributions to Arabic literature.

In the Indian subcontinent, the name KASSIM gained prominence during the Mughal Empire, which ruled over a significant portion of the region from the 16th to the 19th century. One of the most famous figures with this surname was Mir Qasim, a Persian-born nobleman who served as the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763.

Another notable figure with the surname KASSIM was Qasim Amin, an Egyptian jurist, and reformer who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a prominent advocate for women's rights and played a significant role in the Egyptian nationalist movement.

In more recent history, the surname KASSIM has been associated with various individuals from diverse fields, such as Kassim Ahmad, a Sudanese politician and diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Sudan in the 1960s, and Kassim Shafi, a renowned Malaysian author and academic who made significant contributions to Malay literature.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kassim

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

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 Kassim 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 Kassim 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 Kassim was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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