How common is the surname Hasan?

9,374 people in the United States had the surname Hasan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,936 Americans. It ranked 3,775th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hasan?

Mehdi Hasan, British-American journalist (1979-), followed by Nidal Hasan.

Where is the surname Hasan most common?

Wikidata records people named Hasan in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Hasan getting more or less common?

More common. 6,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,374 in 2010, up 54%.

Is Hasan also a first name?

Yes. Hasan 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 Hasan

An Arabic surname, carried by 9,374 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H250 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). Hasan is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

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 9,374 people named Hasan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,936 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,074.

#3,775

rank among US surnames

9,374

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+54.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,766	Deloach	9,407	32,821
#3,768	Neill	9,404	32,831
#3,769	Irvine	9,397	32,856
#3,770	Jolley	9,392	32,873
#3,771	Resendez	9,390	32,880
#3,772	Noland	9,386	32,894
#3,773	Cousins	9,380	32,915

Who is named Hasan

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

47% of people named Hasan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 47%
White (not Hispanic) 28%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Famous Hasans

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mehdi Hasan
British-American journalist (1979-)
Nidal Hasan
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
Rizwana Hasan
Bangladeshi Activist, born 1968
Mehedi Hasan
Bangladesh cricketer, born 1997
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Bangladeshi cricketer, born 2002
Mahedi Hasan
Bangladesh cricketer, born 1994
Omar Hasan
Argentine rugby union footballer, born 1971
Tanzid Hasan
Bangladeshi cricketer, born 1999

Notable Hasans come mostly from Bangladesh (5), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Hassan

Surnames that sound like Hasan

Hasan has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hasan come from?: From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”).
How common is the surname Hasan?: 9,374 people in the United States had the surname Hasan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,936 Americans. It ranked 3,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hasan?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Hasan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hasan?: Mehdi Hasan, British-American journalist (1979-), followed by Nidal Hasan.
Where is the surname Hasan most common?: Wikidata records people named Hasan in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Hasan getting more or less common?: More common. 6,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,374 in 2010, up 54%.
What are other spellings of Hasan?: Hassan.
Is Hasan also a first name?: Yes. Hasan 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.