Explore the Family Name Rassi

The meaning of Rassi

1. Italian: perhaps a patronymic from the medieval personal name Rasso. 2. Arabic (mainly Lebanon): status name from rāsī ‘principal, main’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abrahim, Bijan, Jafar, Jahan.

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How common is the last name Rassi in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Rassi saw an increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Rassi was ranked 45,149th in popularity and by 2010, it moved up to rank 41,799, marking a 7.42% shift. The number of individuals bearing the name Rassi also increased from 447 in 2000 to 520 in 2010, which is a growth of 16.33%. Furthermore, the proportion of people with the surname Rassi per 100k population increased by 5.88% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,149	#41,799	7.42%
Count	447	520	16.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.18	5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rassi

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Rassi, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows that the vast majority identify as White, with the percentage slightly increasing from 81.88% in 2000 to 82.69% in 2010. Additionally, there was a small rise in those identifying as Hispanic, from 14.54% in 2000 to 14.81% in 2010. There was also a new appearance of Black ethnicity at 1.54% in 2010 which was not present in 2000. However, the percentages of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races dropped to zero in 2010 from 1.34% and 2.01% respectively in 2000. The percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native remained stable at zero throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	81.88%	82.69%	0.99%
Hispanic	14.54%	14.81%	1.86%
Black	0%	1.54%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.34%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.01%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%