# Hasan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hasan/  
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) | 9,374 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,775 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,936 people |
| Change since 2000 | +54% (6,074 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hassan |

## Etymology

From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hasan 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) | 28% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 47% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hasan in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Hasan

- Mehdi Hasan, British-American journalist (1979-)
- Nidal Hasan, American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
- Rizwana Hasan, Bangladeshi Activist
- Mehedi Hasan, Bangladesh cricketer
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Mahedi Hasan, Bangladesh cricketer
- Omar Hasan, Argentine rugby union footballer
- Tanzid Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer

## Similar surnames

Hassan, Hasson, Hassen, Hagan, Haskin, Haqqani, Hogan, Hagen, Hussain, Haugen, Hackney, Hazen.

## 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.