Hashimi

English

Alternative forms

• Hashmi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَاشِمِيّ (hāšimiyy, literally “Hashemite”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.

Proper noun

Hashimi (plural Hashimis)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hashimi is the 36900^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 605 individuals. Hashimi is most common among White (44.96%), mixed race (40.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hashimi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 138.