# Hamza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hamza/  
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) | 1,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,237 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 298,305 people |
| Change since 2000 | +87% (555 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hamzah |

## Etymology

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hamza 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |

## Similar surnames

Hammack, Haynes, Huang, Hines, Hong, Haines, Hoang, Hwang, Hanks, Hennessy, Hanes, Himes.

## 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.