Assan (Arabic: آسان, Hebrew: אסן), also confused or used as Hassan, is an Arabian, Anglo-Saxon[1][2] and Ghanaian surname, and Kazakh and African given name. It is very common among Ghanaians[3] and some parts of Europe. The surname may be found also among Lebanese[4] refugees of South America[5] who changed their surnames because of the war,[6] as well as in Romanians.[3]
Given name
edit- Assan Bazayev (born 1981), Kazakh bicycler
- Assan Musa Camara (1923–2013), Gambian politician
- Assan Ceesay (born 1994), Gambian footballer
- Assan Jatta (born 1984), Gambian footballer
- Assan John (born 1978), Gambian sprinter
- Assan Ouédraogo (born 2006), German footballer
- Assan Seck (born 2004), Senegalese footballer
- Assan Takhtakhunov (born 1986), Kazakh Nordic combined skier
Surname
edit- Amissah Assan (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
- Bazil Assan (1860–1918), Romanian engineer and explorer
- Vitor Assan (born 1996), Brazilian musician
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Assan Significado do Sobrenome, Origens e Distribuição". forebears.io. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure. 2016. ISBN 9780199677764.
- ^ a b "Assan - Names Encyclopedia". www.namespedia.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ Ocaso. "Freguesia News". freguesianews.com.br. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "GeneaMinas - Botelho". www.geneaminas.com.br. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0195081374.
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