Hashem Forename
4,939th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 211,328 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Kuwait
Hashem Forename Definition:
Hay'-shem. A Gizonite of Canaan. 1 Chron. xi. 34.
Read More About This ForenameHashem Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 64,247 | 1:1,222 | 213 |
| Iraq | 100% | 45,263 | 1:774 | 189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 18,884 | 1:1,632 | 282 |
| Yemen | - | 17,646 | 1:1,490 | 237 |
| Egypt | 100% | 10,345 | 1:8,884 | 870 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8,818 | 1:1,001 | 243 |
| Kuwait | - | 6,953 | 1:544 | 89 |
| Afghanistan | 93% | 6,909 | 1:4,722 | 661 |
| India | 100% | 6,467 | 1:187,858 | 19,813 |
| Syria | - | 5,500 | 1:3,510 | 486 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,785 | 1:1,890 | 207 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,483 | 1:45,783 | 4,054 |
| Palestine | 100% | 3,475 | 1:1,309 | 301 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Libya | - | 1,836 | 1:3,389 | 568 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,797 | 1:3,132 | 540 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| United States | 100% | 603 | 1:601,222 | 14,873 |
| Bahrain | - | 370 | 1:3,645 | 583 |
| Oman | 100% | 220 | 1:18,676 | 1,666 |
| Canada | 100% | 181 | 1:183,057 | 7,251 |
| Qatar | 100% | 174 | 1:13,618 | 2,122 |
| Sweden | 99% | 121 | 1:81,470 | 3,702 |
| England | 99% | 94 | 1:591,520 | 11,857 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 77 | 1:2,524,126 | 31,579 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 73 | 1:2,432,388 | 45,672 |
| Germany | 100% | 50 | 1:1,933,558 | 11,368 |
| Philippines | 94% | 41 | 1:2,585,597 | 53,803 |
| Thailand | 100% | 34 | 1:2,060,759 | 56,734 |
| Denmark | - | 29 | 1:194,810 | 4,364 |
| Norway | 100% | 28 | 1:183,297 | 4,750 |
| Brazil | 100% | 22 | 1:9,738,007 | 121,504 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 20 | 1:33,845 | 2,035 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 17 | 1:1,791,173 | 53,830 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Israel | 100% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,408,507 | 21,461 |
| South Africa | 100% | 12 | 1:4,544,387 | 99,592 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Finland | 71% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Greece | 100% | 8 | 1:1,366,818 | 10,115 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Italy | 90% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| France | - | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Belarus | - | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
Hashem (426,604) may also be a surname.
Hashem Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hay'-shem. A Gizonite of Canaan. 1 Chron. xi. 34.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: to make desolate.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
Hisham, Hicham, Hashem, or Hichem (Arabic: هشام) is an Arabic male name, meaning 'smash', 'to break'.
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Hashem Demographics
Average Hashem Salary in
United States
$53,288 USD
Per year
Rank:
99,920 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000187463
Rank: 13,803 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
122.42%
Sample size: 290 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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