Surname Al-Assad

Last name Al-Assad (الأسد , Асад , Al-Assad ) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The family name Al-Assad is habitual in Syria, where it is a common surname, Grenada, where it is quite a common surname, and Libya, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. Very seldom, Al-Assad is the forename as well as the last name. Parts of the name also exists independently as a first name Al, and a last name Assad.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Al-Assad

VARIANT	COUNTRY
الأسد	Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Iraq
Асад	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Azerbaijan
Al-Assad	Grenada, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq
Аль-Ассад	Ukraine

Last names said to be same

Al-Asad, Assad, El-Asad, El-Assad, Esad, Esed, Аль-Асад, אל-אסד, أسد, and الاسد

Notable namesakes

	bushra al-assad daughter of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, SY (b. 1960)
	ribal al-assad Syrian businessman and political activist, SY (b. 1975)

Characteristic forenames

Sam, Basil, Basel, Bobby, Kinan, Ribal, Laith, Tamer, Nizar, Nehad, Hamza, Hazem, Hafiz, Osama, Omran, Wafaa, Bashar, Bassel, Bachar, Bachir, Burhan, Hassan, Ahmed, Ahmad, Asmaa, Ammar, Ali, Maha, Mira, Sara, Sary, Sham, Sura, Anas, Asma, Bibi, Fatiha, Rama, Leen, Nour, Hala, Iman, Omar, Wael, Maram, Saleh, Shadi, Siwar, Rami, and Yasser