The Hamdani surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 165 people carried this name — #101,157 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 203 people named Hamdani.
Most of them — 115 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 81 people named Hamdani 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Hamdani live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Hamdani in American newspapers,
1864–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hamdani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sumaiya Abbas Hamdani 1962– · historian -
Abdelhamid Hamdani 1963–2023 · politician -
Dorsaf Hamdani 1975– · teacher -
Rachid Hamdani 1985– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hamdani.
- Ham 15,843 · U.S. census
- Hamada 1,842 · U.S. census
- Haman 2,332 · U.S. census
- Hamann 5,507 · U.S. census
- Hamant 128 · U.S. census
- Hamburger 1,524 · U.S. census
- Hamdi 155 · U.S. census
- Hamed 1,393 · U.S. census
- Hamel 10,592 · U.S. census
- Hamelin 1,043 · U.S. census
- Hameline 110 · U.S. census
- Hamen 199 · U.S. census
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