Around the globe, Assane (Assane 
, Ассан 
, اساني 
) is a common masculine forename. The first name Assane is habitual in Senegal, where it is quite a common masculine name, Cabo Verde, and Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Senegal, France, and Ethiopia. Much less frequently, Assane is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Assane | Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mozambique |
| Ассан | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia |
| اساني | Iraq, Iran |
| Ассане | Russia |
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assane diouf French boxer (1908-1963), FR (b. 1908) |
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assane seck Senegalese politician, SN (b. 1919) |
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| assane ba Senegalese activist, SN (b. 1901) |
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| assane sylla Senegalese scholar and professor, 1928-2012, SN (b. 1928) |
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| assane diagne Senegalese politician (1947-2013), SN (b. 1947) |
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| assane tall Senegalese association football player, SN (b. 1950) |
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| assane n’doye Senegalese judoka, SN (b. 1953) |
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| assane kouyaté Malian film director and actor, ML (b. 1954) |
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| assane n'doye (b. 1952) |
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| assane dione (b. 1962) |
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| assane diallo Senegalese distance runner, SN (b. 1975) |
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| assane hamidou abdoulaye researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9047-516X) |
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| assane gueye Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2011 |
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| cachimo combo assane Ph.D. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2017 |
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| inácio mateus assane researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1830-9845) |
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