Assis
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Aleppo; Jerusalem; Panama; Esses (corrupt.); Yomtov Assis, professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɐsiʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Assis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 74th most common surname.
- BRBrazil≈1 in 639(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 5.8K
- ARArgentina1 in 130K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 216 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 639 (inferred from the name graph)
≈330,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Brazil, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Aleppo; Jerusalem; Panama; Esses (corrupt.); Yomtov Assis, professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Assis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #74 | ≈330,000 est. | ≈1 in 639 | 13K | Assis | 216 |
| AO Angola | #153 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | 1 | Assis | 26 |
| PT Portugal | #358 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | listed | Assis | 91 |
| US United States | — | 463 | 1 in 718K | 594 | Assis | 194 |
| AR Argentina | — | 350 | 1 in 130K | 350 | Assis | 43 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 252 | 1 in 13K | 252 | Assis | 20 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 72 | 1 in 117K | 72 | — | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Assis is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, alternative form of axis (“axle”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, genitive singular of Assi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, sat, sat down, seated
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maria Antónia Pallab. 1933PTnot in their usual namePortuguese journalist and feminist
- Cláudio Assisb. 1959BRBrazilian filmmaker
- Francisco Assisb. 1965PTPortuguese politician
- Wagner de Assisb. 1971BRfilm director
- Nuno Assisb. 1977PTPortuguese footballer
- Thelma Assisb. 1984BRBrazilian anesthesiologist, digital influencer, dancer and YouTuber
- Lourival Rodrigues Assis Filhob. 1984BRBrazilian association football player
- Marcos Assis Santanab. 1985BRBrazilian footballer
- Diego Assisb. 1987BRBrazilian footballer
- Rafael Assisb. 1990BRassociation football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 517K | #88 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 594 | #39,885 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 463 | #46,037 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 350 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 289 | #64,385 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 252 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 72 | #14,223 |
| AO Angola | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #133 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Assis mean, and where does it come from?
- Aleppo; Jerusalem; Panama; Esses (corrupt.); Yomtov Assis, professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How do you pronounce Assis?
- A machine transcription gives /ɐsiʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Assis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 331 thousand people named Assis in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled assis.
- How common is the name Assis?
- In the United States, the national register counted 463 people named Assis in 2010, about 1 in 718 thousand residents.
- How common is Assis compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Assis is the 74th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Assis” — the 74th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.