How common is the surname Bashir?

2,752 people in the United States had the surname Bashir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,190 Americans. It ranked 11,443rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bashir?

Maria Bashir, Afghan lawyer, followed by Marie Bashir.

Where is the surname Bashir most common?

Wikidata records people named Bashir in Afghanistan and Australia.

How do you pronounce Bashir?

Bashir is /bəˈʃiɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bashir getting more or less common?

More common. 1,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,752 in 2010, up 69%.

Is Bashir also a first name?

Yes. Bashir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bashir

An Arabic surname, carried by 2,752 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bəˈʃiɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex B260 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bashir is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,752 people named Bashir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,190 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,629.

#11,443

rank among US surnames

2,752

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+68.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,283)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108
#11,440	Wehr	2,753	112,149
#11,443	Nygaard	2,752	112,190
#11,448	Mancillas	2,751	112,230

Who is named Bashir

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

42% of people named Bashir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 19% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 42%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Bashirs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maria Bashir
Afghan lawyer, born 1970
Marie Bashir
Australian governor, educator and psychiatrist (1930–2026)

Notable Bashirs come mostly from Afghanistan (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Basheer
Basher

Surnames that sound like Bashir

Bashir has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bashir come from?: Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).
How common is the surname Bashir?: 2,752 people in the United States had the surname Bashir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,190 Americans. It ranked 11,443rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bashir?: In the 2010 Census, 42% of people named Bashir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bashir?: Maria Bashir, Afghan lawyer, followed by Marie Bashir.
Where is the surname Bashir most common?: Wikidata records people named Bashir in Afghanistan and Australia.
How do you pronounce Bashir?: Bashir is /bəˈʃiɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bashir getting more or less common?: More common. 1,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,752 in 2010, up 69%.
What are other spellings of Bashir?: Basheer and Basher.
Is Bashir also a first name?: Yes. Bashir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.