Sasson

English

Alternative forms

• Sassoon

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ששון (sasón, “joy, gladness”).

Proper noun

Sasson (plural Sassons)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sasson is the 25202^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 983 individuals. Sasson is most common among White (89.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sasson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.