Assefa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic አሠፋ (ʾäśäfa).

Proper noun

Assefa (plural Assefas)

1. A surname from Amharic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Assefa is the 23472^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1083 individuals. Assefa is most common among Black/African American (96.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Assefa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65.