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    The surname Hashim

    A surname, carried by 1,168 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H250 Also a first name

    Hashim: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hashim #22,131, 1,168 people Hashim: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hashim #22,131, 1,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hashim is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,168 people named Hashim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 788.

    #22,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,168
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.2%
    change since 2000 (was #28,489)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Hashim

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

    37% of people named Hashim identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 7.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hashim

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hashim come from?
    From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).
    How common is the surname Hashim?
    1,168 people in the United States had the surname Hashim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. It ranked 22,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hashim?
    In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Hashim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Hashim getting more or less common?
    More common. 788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,168 in 2010, up 48%.
    Is Hashim also a first name?
    Yes. Hashim 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.