Family name El-Assad (الأسد 
, El-Assad 
) , in the world, is a common surname. The cognomen El-Assad is characteristic of Syria, where it is a common surname, Libya, where it is quite a rare surname, and Lebanon. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. Much less frequently, El-Assad is the forename as well as the last name. Parts of the name also exists independently as a last name El, and a last name Assad.
| fawaz el-assad Syrian politician, head of Shabbiha |
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