Asfour
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُصْفُور (ʿuṣfūr, “small bird; sparrow”).
Proper noun
Asfour (plural Asfours)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Asfour is the 40204th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 545 individuals. Asfour is most common among White (86.06%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Asfour”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.