# Ghazi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ghazi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 664 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 464,978 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (452 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ghazi in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 21% |
| Two or more races | 9.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ghazi in Syria and Algeria.

## People named Ghazi

- Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, 69th Syrian Prime Minister
- Farid Ghazi, association football player from Algeria

## Similar surnames

Goss, Gage, Gooch, Gough, Guess, Gass, Giese, Gause, Gasca, Gish, Ghosh, Geis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.