The Rashid surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,504 people carried this name — #5,353 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 51% from 4,309 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

331 people named Rashid live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 73
Bern 53
Geneva 31
Lucerne 21
Thurgau 19
Solothurn 19
Aargau 19
Vaud 16

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 217 people named Rashid 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 55
Brussels-Capital 50
Antwerp 38
Hainaut 24
West Flanders 21
Flemish Brabant 19
Limburg 5
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

33 people named Rashid have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 170 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 Lesser Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 12
Masovian 7
Lower Silesian 5
Podlaskie 4
Łódź 3
Lublin 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Rashid.

Most of them — 19 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Seine-et-Marne 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

2,614 people named Rashid are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 1,749
Norway (2025) 709
Finland (2026) 156

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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Scotland’s registers today

Rashid was recorded 21 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 1107th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

Rashid in American newspapers,
1906–1920.

Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Oasis carrying the name Rashid
The Daily Morning Oasis 1920-01-15
Newspaper page from The Willimantic Journal carrying the name Rashid
The Willimantic Journal 1906-08-17
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Rashid
The Washington Herald 1920-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rashid in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1990s.

171 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rashid. The most, 65, date from the 1980s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 120
Queensland 15
Victoria 9
New South Wales 5
Western Australia 4
South Australia 3
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rashid.

Who carried it

People named Rashid,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nargis
    Nargis 1929–1981 · screenwriter
  • Gholam Ali Rasheed
    Gholam Ali Rasheed 1953–2025 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Nargis: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, GODL-India (data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf); Gholam Ali Rasheed: Hamed Malekpour, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) · 81 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rashid,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States107 records

107 records of the Rashid name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 83
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred Rashid

    Born 1925 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at Boston, from Essex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1995, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ida Rashid

    Born 1895 in Babmarig, Lebanon. Entered the United States at New York in 1910. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. An Oregon State Board of Health certificate of death, 1910
    Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910
    Death record Rasheed Rashid

    Died 1964 in New York State, aged 75.

    New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index

Showing 3 of 107 records for Rashid in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Rashid name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mohamed Ahmed Rashid

    Born 1943 in Egypt; died 1990 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Rashid in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Rashid name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Najma Rashid

    Died 1997; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Rashid in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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