Kassis
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic قِسِّيس (qissīs, “priest, pastor, parson”).
Proper noun
editKassis (plural Kassises)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kassis is the 27756th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 866 individuals. Kassis is most common among White (88.57%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kassis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 281.