The Hachem surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 645 people carried this name — #34,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 45% from 446 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hachem surname
Borrowed from Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hachem» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Hachem.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Yvelines.
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
87 people named Hachem live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Hachem 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Hachem live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
94 people named Hachem is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Hachem,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moustapha Hachem 1946– · politician
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Joe Hachem 1966– · poker player
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Joe Hachem 1966– · poker player
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Pascal Hachem 1981– · professor
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Mayssa Hachem 1982– · researcher
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Lina Leonor Hachem 2004– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hachem.
- Habert 219 · U.S. census
- Habhab 390 · U.S. census
- Habib 4,932 · U.S. census
- Habibi 741 · U.S. census
- Haby 366 · U.S. census
- Hache 379 · U.S. census
- Hack 6,468 · U.S. census
- Hacker 13,625 · U.S. census
- Hadad 800 · U.S. census
- Haddad 10,804 · U.S. census
- Haderer 136 · U.S. census
- Hadi 1,149 · U.S. census
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