# Hassan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hassan/  
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) | 21,801 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,652 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +82% (11,993 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hassaan |

## Etymology

From Arabic حَسَّان (ḥassān, “doer of good”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hassan 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) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 19% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hassan in the United States, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Qatar.

## People named Hassan

- Maggie Hassan, American politician (born 1958)
- Tamer Hassan, British actor
- Yousef Hassan, association football player
- Hameed Hassan, Afghanistan cricketer
- Steven Hassan, American mental health professional, author, and cult expert
- Quamrul Hassan, Bangladeshi artist (1921-1988)

## Similar surnames

Hussain, Hasan, Hossain, Hasson, Hassen, Hagan, Haskin, Hogan, Hagen, Haugen, Hackney, Hazen.

## 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.