How common is the surname Hashmi?

1,721 people in the United States had the surname Hashmi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hashmi?

Ghazala Hashmi, American politician, academic administrator and educator (born 1964).

Where is the surname Hashmi most common?

Wikidata records people named Hashmi in the United States.

Is the surname Hashmi getting more or less common?

More common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Hashmi

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,721 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hashmi is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Variant of Hashimi.

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 1,721 people named Hashmi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,074.

#16,644

rank among US surnames

1,721

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+60.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,370)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,635	Debellis	1,723	179,191
#16,641	Cornette	1,722	179,295
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Hashmi

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

88% of people named Hashmi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Hashmis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ghazala Hashmi
American politician, academic administrator and educator (born 1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hashmi

Hashmi 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 Hashmi come from?: Variant of Hashimi.
How common is the surname Hashmi?: 1,721 people in the United States had the surname Hashmi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hashmi?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Hashmi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hashmi?: Ghazala Hashmi, American politician, academic administrator and educator (born 1964).
Where is the surname Hashmi most common?: Wikidata records people named Hashmi in the United States.
Is the surname Hashmi getting more or less common?: More common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 60%.