# Hamid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hamid/  
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 used by Muslims.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,433 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,473 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,935 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (2,295 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hamid 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) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 39% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 8.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hamid in the Ottoman Empire, the United States and British Raj.

## People named Hamid

- Abdul Hamid I, 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789)
- Bill Hamid, American soccer player
- Rani Hamid, Bangladeshi female chess player

## Similar surnames

Hamed, Hamada, Hameed, Hamad, Hammitt, Hammad, Hand, Hunt, Handy, Hammett, Honda, Hunte.

## 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.