# Hashimi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hashimi/  
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) | 605 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 510,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (435 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hashmi |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَاشِمِيّ (hāšimiyy, literally “Hashemite”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hashimi 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) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| Two or more races | 41% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hashimi in Afghanistan, the United States, Rashidun Caliphate and Umayyad Caliphate.

## People named Hashimi

- Fariba Hashimi, Afghan cyclist
- Nadia Hashimi, American author
- Yulduz Hashimi, Afghan cyclist
- Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, 4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
- Abd Allah ibn Abbas, 7th-century Islamic scholar

## Similar surnames

Hashmi, Hashemi, Hashim, Hashem, Haskin, Hakim, Hakimi, Hogan, Hagen, Hassan, Hagan, Hussain.

## 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.