The Hamdi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 155 people carried this name — #106,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 514 people named Hamdi 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 462 people named Hamdi.
Most of them — 320 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
243 people named Hamdi live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
21 people named Hamdi have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 74 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Hamdi in American newspapers,
1888–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 698 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hamdi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Muhammed Hamdi Yazır 1878–1942 · writer -
Ahmed Hamdi 1929–1973 · engineer -
Omar Hamdi 1951–2015 · artist -
Mongi Hamdi 1959– · politician -
Kareem S. Hamdi 1962– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 46 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hamdi.
- 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
- Hamdani 165 · 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
- Hamer 6,526 · U.S. census
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