How common is the surname Hamid?

3,433 people in the United States had the surname Hamid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hamid?

Abdul Hamid I, 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789), followed by Bill Hamid.

Where is the surname Hamid most common?

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

Is the surname Hamid getting more or less common?

More common. 2,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 50%.

Is Hamid also a first name?

Yes. Hamid 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 Hamid

An Arabic surname, carried by 3,433 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H530 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). Hamid is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

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 3,433 people named Hamid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,295.

#9,473

rank among US surnames

3,433

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+49.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,405)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961

Who is named Hamid

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

39% of people named Hamid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 39%
White (not Hispanic) 31%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

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

Famous Hamids

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abdul Hamid I
27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789)
Bill Hamid
American soccer player, born 1990
Rani Hamid
Bangladeshi female chess player, born 1944

Notable Hamids come mostly from the Ottoman Empire (1), the United States (1) and British Raj (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamid

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

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamid come from?: Borrowed from Arabic حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”).
How common is the surname Hamid?: 3,433 people in the United States had the surname Hamid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamid?: In the 2010 Census, 39% of people named Hamid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hamid?: Abdul Hamid I, 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789), followed by Bill Hamid.
Where is the surname Hamid most common?: Wikidata records people named Hamid in the Ottoman Empire, the United States and British Raj.
Is the surname Hamid getting more or less common?: More common. 2,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 50%.
Is Hamid also a first name?: Yes. Hamid 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.