The Ghazi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 664 people carried this name — #34,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 47% from 452 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ghazi surname
Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ghazi» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 146 people named Ghazi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 119 people named Ghazi.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Essonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Ghazi live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
245 people named Ghazi are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ghazi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mohammad Ghazi 1913–1998 · writer -
Mohamed Atef Ghazy 1947–2005 · scientist -
Anamul Haque d. 1971 · military personnel
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Mohamed Ghazi 1922–1979 · singer
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Mohamed Farid Ghazi 1929–1962 · poet
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Mohamed Farid Ghazi 1929–1962 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ghazi.
- Gex 195 · U.S. census
- Gey 113 · U.S. census
- Geyer 7,962 · U.S. census
- Ghali 427 · U.S. census
- Ghanem 1,017 · U.S. census
- Ghazarian 965 · U.S. census
- Ghelfi 200 · U.S. census
- Gheorghe 259 · U.S. census
- Gherardi 462 · U.S. census
- Gherardini 255 · U.S. census
- Ghersi 127 · U.S. census
- Ghesquiere 158 · U.S. census
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