# Rashid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rashid/  
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) | 6,504 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,353 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,470 people |
| Change since 2000 | +51% (4,309 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rashid 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) | 26% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 50% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rashid in Canada.

## People named Rashid

- Karim Rashid, American industrial designer (born 1960)
- Richard Rashid, American computer scientist, Microsoft vice president

## Similar surnames

Rasheed, Rast, Rosado, Rust, Rost, Rossetti, Resto, Rosati, Rickett, Rockwood, Rockett, Rosato.

## 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.