Assan (surname)

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

• 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

• Amissah Assan (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
• Bazil Assan (1860–1918), Romanian engineer and explorer
• Vitor Assan (born 1996), Brazilian musician

See also

• Hassan
• Assane