How common is the surname Rasheed?

2,822 people in the United States had the surname Rasheed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rasheed?

In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Rasheed identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Rasheed?

Jonathan Rasheed, association football player, followed by Roger Rasheed.

Where is the surname Rasheed most common?

Wikidata records people named Rasheed in Nigeria and Australia.

Is the surname Rasheed getting more or less common?

More common. 2,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Rasheed

A surname, carried by 2,822 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rasheed is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,822 people named Rasheed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,050.

#11,200

rank among US surnames

2,822

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+37.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407
#11,204	Castille	2,821	109,445
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484

Who is named Rasheed

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

43% of people named Rasheed identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 19% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Asian and Pacific Islander 30%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Rasheeds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Rasheed
Association football player, born 1991
Roger Rasheed
Australian tennis player, born 1969

Notable Rasheeds come mostly from Nigeria (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rasheed

Rashid

Rasheed has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

Questions

How common is the surname Rasheed?: 2,822 people in the United States had the surname Rasheed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rasheed?: In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Rasheed identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Rasheed?: Jonathan Rasheed, association football player, followed by Roger Rasheed.
Where is the surname Rasheed most common?: Wikidata records people named Rasheed in Nigeria and Australia.
Is the surname Rasheed getting more or less common?: More common. 2,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 38%.