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    The surname Hameed

    A surname, carried by 1,832 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H530

    Hameed: #15,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hameed #15,879, 1,832 people Hameed: #15,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hameed #15,879, 1,832 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hameed is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,832 people named Hameed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,529 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,004.

    #15,879
    rank among US surnames
    1,832
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +82.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,568)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,871Roh1,833168,437
    #15,879Bondy1,832168,529
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621

    Who is named Hameed

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

    57% of people named Hameed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 17% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 5.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hameed

    Hameed has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hameed?
    1,832 people in the United States had the surname Hameed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,529 Americans. It ranked 15,879th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hameed?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hameed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hameed getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,832 in 2010, up 83%.