The surname Qureshi
An Arabic surname, carried by 6,966 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex Q620
Origin
Arabic origin
From Arabic قُرَشِيّ (qurašiyy).
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 6,966 people named Qureshi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,322 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,473.
Who is named Qureshi
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Qureshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
- Two or more races 4.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Quraishi
Qureshi has the Soundex code Q620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q620.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Qureshi come from?
- From Arabic قُرَشِيّ (qurašiyy).
- How common is the surname Qureshi?
- 6,966 people in the United States had the surname Qureshi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,322 Americans. It ranked 5,035th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Qureshi?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Qureshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Qureshi getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,966 in 2010, up 56%.
- What are other spellings of Qureshi?
- Quraishi.