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    The surname Hashemi

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H250

    Hashemi: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hashemi #21,092, 1,245 people Hashemi: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hashemi #21,092, 1,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hashemi is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian هاشمی

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,245 people named Hashemi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 926.

    #21,092
    rank among US surnames
    1,245
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,123)

    Who is named Hashemi

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

    77% of people named Hashemi identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as two or more races and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Two or more races 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hashemi

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

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hashemi come from?
    Borrowed from Persian هاشمی
    How common is the surname Hashemi?
    1,245 people in the United States had the surname Hashemi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hashemi?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hashemi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Hashemi getting more or less common?
    More common. 926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 34%.