# Khamis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/khamis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 745 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 414,424 people |
| Change since 2000 | +67% (446 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Khamis 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Khamis in Bahrain, Syria, Australia and Kenya.

## People named Khamis

- Imad Khamis, 67. Prime Minister of Syria
- Ali Khamis, Bahraini hurdler
- Leena Khamis, association football player
- Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini footballer
- Aadam Ismaeel Khamis, Bahraini-Kenyan long-distance runner

## Similar surnames

King, Knox, Kang, Koenig, Kinsey, Kong, Kunz, Kuhns, Koonce, Kwong, Koons, Kuang.

## 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.