Rashid Surname
Approximately 1,587,113 people bear this surname
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An Arabic name, which means 'rightly guided' in Arabic. This transcription represents two different Arabic names. In Islamic tradition الرشيد (al-Rashid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Rashid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 481,862 | 1:331 | 38 |
| Pakistan | 217,567 | 1:821 | 124 |
| Iraq | 211,493 | 1:166 | 26 |
| India | 123,327 | 1:6,220 | 550 |
| Tanzania | 110,524 | 1:479 | 57 |
| United Arab Emirates | 56,304 | 1:163 | 11 |
| Malaysia | 44,895 | 1:657 | 83 |
| Yemen | 42,449 | 1:623 | 85 |
| Syria | 35,884 | 1:538 | 70 |
| Egypt | 22,667 | 1:4,056 | 545 |
| Somalia | 21,959 | 1:613 | 74 |
| Iran | 21,345 | 1:3,597 | 476 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20,591 | 1:1,499 | 157 |
| Sudan | 19,320 | 1:1,942 | 275 |
| Oman | 17,000 | 1:217 | 25 |
| Kenya | 15,957 | 1:2,894 | 456 |
| Ghana | 14,547 | 1:1,857 | 312 |
| England | 11,748 | 1:4,743 | 652 |
| Jordan | 10,587 | 1:835 | 109 |
| Lebanon | 9,178 | 1:614 | 109 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,757 | 1:810 | 153 |
| Ethiopia | 8,693 | 1:11,221 | 1,672 |
| United States | 7,423 | 1:48,829 | 5,916 |
| Malawi | 6,770 | 1:2,529 | 308 |
| Kuwait | 6,595 | 1:576 | 48 |
| Afghanistan | 5,971 | 1:5,385 | 496 |
| Libya | 5,109 | 1:1,222 | 327 |
| Nigeria | 3,863 | 1:45,856 | 3,566 |
| Qatar | 2,846 | 1:829 | 46 |
| Palestine | 2,789 | 1:1,631 | 315 |
| Canada | 2,222 | 1:16,582 | 2,394 |
| Bahrain | 1,940 | 1:695 | 69 |
| Uganda | 1,574 | 1:24,803 | 3,524 |
| Israel | 1,365 | 1:6,269 | 954 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Bulgaria | 1,251 | 1:5,579 | 745 |
| Sweden | 1,005 | 1:9,798 | 870 |
| Philippines | 717 | 1:141,197 | 23,801 |
| South Africa | 668 | 1:81,104 | 10,011 |
| Singapore | 638 | 1:8,633 | 484 |
| Australia | 585 | 1:46,146 | 5,771 |
| Thailand | 512 | 1:137,966 | 21,460 |
| Scotland | 431 | 1:12,422 | 1,657 |
| Spain | 403 | 1:116,010 | 9,121 |
| Norway | 328 | 1:15,678 | 1,886 |
| Germany | 319 | 1:252,368 | 27,308 |
| Brunei | 310 | 1:1,351 | 274 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Maldives | 275 | 1:1,470 | 156 |
| Denmark | 274 | 1:20,601 | 2,066 |
| Netherlands | 231 | 1:73,105 | 12,407 |
| Indonesia | 209 | 1:632,771 | 49,860 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| Wales | 121 | 1:25,575 | 2,657 |
| Greece | 115 | 1:96,346 | 16,232 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Finland | 91 | 1:60,403 | 6,985 |
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 82 | 1:72,837 | 9,616 |
| Mexico | 80 | 1:1,551,578 | 16,530 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| Austria | 72 | 1:118,270 | 16,587 |
| Russia | 72 | 1:2,001,709 | 124,796 |
| Ireland | 64 | 1:73,577 | 4,518 |
| Tunisia | 57 | 1:10,713 | 1,776 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| Japan | 42 | 1:3,043,912 | 33,173 |
| Guyana | 41 | 1:18,591 | 2,383 |
| Italy | 39 | 1:1,568,120 | 82,279 |
| Kazakhstan | 39 | 1:453,397 | 34,287 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Venezuela | 37 | 1:816,326 | 13,210 |
| China | 35 | 1:39,066,330 | 2,096 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Burundi | 25 | 1:392,194 | 499 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Iceland | 18 | 1:21,116 | 1,735 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| South Korea | 11 | 1:4,658,205 | 839 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Somaliland | 9 | 1:388,909 | 1,001 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
The alternate forms: Räshid (1) are calculated separately.
Rashid (1,108,450) may also be a first name.
Rashid Surname Meaning
Rashid Demographics
Average Rashid Salary in
United States
$48,925 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rashid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rashid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rashid (Arabic: راسد, Bengali: রশিদ, Dhivehi: ރާޝިދ, Georgian: რაშიდ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺷﻴﺪ, Hindi: राशिद, Marathi: रशीद, Oriya: ରସିଦ, Russian: Рашид) is held by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Räshid. For other potential spellings of Rashid click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rashid? popularity and diffusion
Rashid is the 333rd most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Rashid reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 49 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Rashid is also the 772nd most numerous given name globally It is held by 1,108,450 people.
The surname Rashid is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 481,862 people, or 1 in 331. Aside from Bangladesh Rashid is found in 142 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 14 percent reside and Iraq, where 13 percent reside.
Rashid Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Rashid last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (67%) in Kenya, Maronite (58%) in Lebanon and Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Rashid are 4.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rashid earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 87.45% less than the national average, earning €3,768 per year; in Norway they earn 24.01% less than the national average, earning 262,973 kr per year; in Peru they earn 139.23% more than the national average, earning S/. 46,375 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.69% more than the national average, earning R 339,096 per year; in Colombia they earn 97.66% more than the national average, earning $44,873,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.39% more than the national average, earning $48,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.03% more than the national average, earning $54,664 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rashid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rashid in the Georgian language | ||
| რაშიდ | rashid | - |
| Rashid in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﺷﻴﺪ | alrshyd | - |
| Rashid in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ރާޝިދ | rasid | - |
| Rashid in the Oriya language | ||
| ରସିଦ | rasida | 95.95 |
| ରସିଦ୍ | rasid | 1.11 |
| ରଶିଦ୍ | rasid | 0.71 |
| ରଶିଦ | rasida | 0.61 |
| ରାସିଦ | rasida | 0.4 |
| ରାସିଦ୍ | rasid | 0.3 |
| ରସହିଦ୍ | rasahid | 0.1 |
| ରାେସଦ | raesada | 0.1 |
| ରସିଦା | rasida | 0.1 |
| ମାଝୀ | majhi | 0.1 |
| ରାଶିବ | rasiba | 0.1 |
| ମହଦ | mahada | 0.1 |
| ରସୀଦ | rasida | 0.1 |
| Rashid in the Bengali language | ||
| রশিদ | rasida | 83.15 |
| রসিদ | rasida | 8.15 |
| রাশিদ | rasida | 6.52 |
| রশীদ | rasida | 2.17 |
| Rashid in the Marathi language | ||
| रशीद | rasida | 72.53 |
| रािशद | raisada | 9.18 |
| राशीद | rasida | 8.35 |
| रफीक | raphika | 1.85 |
| रसीद | rasida | 1.43 |
| रहीम | rahima | 0.88 |
| अरशीद | arasida | 0.51 |
| रशाीद | rasaida | 0.26 |
| शाहीद | sahida | 0.2 |
| वहीद | vahida | 0.18 |
| अहमीद | ahamida | 0.18 |
| इरशाद | irasada | 0.18 |
| अराशीद | arasida | 0.17 |
| शहीद | sahida | 0.15 |
| रशीदा | rasida | 0.15 |
| रशीदाक | rasidaka | 0.14 |
| वाहीद | vahida | 0.13 |
| अरहीम | arahima | 0.13 |
| मोरशीद | morasida | 0.12 |
| अरशद | arasada | 0.1 |
| वहीदा | vahida | 0.09 |
| मराशीद | marasida | 0.09 |
| रशिद | rasida | 0.09 |
| रषीद | rasida | 0.09 |
| राठोड | rathoda | 0.08 |
| शेरशीद | serasida | 0.06 |
| रासीद | rasida | 0.06 |
| शहीदा | sahida | 0.05 |
| अवहीद | avahida | 0.05 |
| असईद | asa'ida | 0.05 |
| जाहीद | jahida | 0.05 |
| रशीड | rasida | 0.05 |
| रािसद | raisada | 0.05 |
| रफीया | raphiya | 0.05 |
| ऱशीद | rasida | 0.05 |
| जाहीदा | jahida | 0.04 |
| ईरशाद | irasada | 0.04 |
| रशेद | raseda | 0.04 |
| मोराशीद | morasida | 0.04 |
| राशेद | raseda | 0.04 |
| रशीदार | rasidara | 0.04 |
| रहीस | rahisa | 0.04 |
| कूरशी | kurasi | 0.04 |
| सरशिद | sarasida | 0.04 |
| रफी | raphi | 0.04 |
| बासीद | basida | 0.03 |
| वारसी | varasi | 0.03 |
| रईद | ra'ida | 0.03 |
| अऱशीद | arasida | 0.03 |
| अहिमद | ahimada | 0.03 |
| सहीदा | sahida | 0.03 |
| बसीद | basida | 0.03 |
| रफीका | raphika | 0.03 |
| शाहीदा | sahida | 0.03 |
| अशफी | asaphi | 0.03 |
| रशीर | rasira | 0.03 |
| रझीया | rajhiya | 0.03 |
| वाशीद | vasida | 0.03 |
| राशीर | rasira | 0.03 |
| अरसीद | arasida | 0.03 |
| रहीला | rahila | 0.01 |
| ़रशीद | rasida | 0.01 |
| राशीदा | rasida | 0.01 |
| राहील | rahila | 0.01 |
| रशीदु | rasidu | 0.01 |
| रजीद | rajida | 0.01 |
| रसीया | rasiya | 0.01 |
| रफीबा | raphiba | 0.01 |
| राशद | rasada | 0.01 |
| नशीद | nasida | 0.01 |
| मसैद | masaida | 0.01 |
| अशाहीद | asahida | 0.01 |
| रािहद | raihada | 0.01 |
| रफद | raphada | 0.01 |
| आरशाद | arasada | 0.01 |
| रहीमा | rahima | 0.01 |
| रशदी | rasadi | 0.01 |
| रशीदउ | rasida'u | 0.01 |
| बाशीद | basida | 0.01 |
| रशीदा़ | rasida | 0.01 |
| असइद | asa'ida | 0.01 |
| रसीब | rasiba | 0.01 |
| रफीद | raphida | 0.01 |
| ईरशद | irasada | 0.01 |
| राशीदाद | rasidada | 0.01 |
| मशीद | masida | 0.01 |
| अशहीद | asahida | 0.01 |
| अरशाीद | arasaida | 0.01 |
| रशीह | rasiha | 0.01 |
| रझीव | rajhiva | 0.01 |
| वाहीदा | vahida | 0.01 |
| रशद | rasada | 0.01 |
| राशीत | rasita | 0.01 |
| रशीदअ | rasida'a | 0.01 |
| राषेद | raseda | 0.01 |
| अशिहद | asihada | 0.01 |
| इरशीद | irasida | 0.01 |
| राजीद | rajida | 0.01 |
| झाहीदा | jhahida | 0.01 |
| रािशदा | raisada | 0.01 |
| रहीदा | rahida | 0.01 |
| केरसी | kerasi | 0.01 |
| सहीद | sahida | 0.01 |
| राशीएद | rasi'eda | 0.01 |
| बशीद | basida | 0.01 |
| वसीद | vasida | 0.01 |
| रसीक | rasika | 0.01 |
| झहीद | jhahida | 0.01 |
| िरशद | irasada | 0.01 |
| राशीदाउ | rasida'u | 0.01 |
| अवाहीद | avahida | 0.01 |
| अबाशीद | abasida | 0.01 |
| रशीफ | rasipha | 0.01 |
| रझीद | rajhida | 0.01 |
| असाजीद | asajida | 0.01 |
| रहीद | rahida | 0.01 |
| रफीम | raphima | 0.01 |
| रशीत | rasita | 0.01 |
| नासीद | nasida | 0.01 |
| माझीद | majhida | 0.01 |
| अशाहीन | asahina | 0.01 |
| इरशद | irasada | 0.01 |
| Rashid in the Hindi language | ||
| राशिद | rasida | 69.18 |
| रशीद | rasida | 25.29 |
| राशीद | rasida | 4.01 |
| रशिद | rasida | 0.99 |
| रसीद | rasida | 0.06 |
| रासिद | rasida | 0.06 |
| रश्ीद | rasida | 0.03 |
| रासीद | rasida | 0.02 |
| राश्ीद | rasida | 0.02 |
| राशिदा | rasida | 0.01 |
| रााशिद | raasida | 0.01 |
| राशि्द | rasida | 0.01 |
| रशाीद | rasaida | 0.01 |
| ़रशीद | rasida | 0.01 |
| राश्दि | rasdi | 0.01 |
| राशिद़ | rasida | 0.01 |
| राषिद | rasida | 0.01 |
| शशिद | sasida | 0 |
| राशदि | rasadi | 0 |
| रषाीद | rasaida | 0 |
| साहीन | sahina | 0 |
| अरशद | arasada | 0 |
| मोराशिद | morasida | 0 |
| रशीद् | rasid | 0 |
| वासिद | vasida | 0 |
| राशद | rasada | 0 |
| ़़़़़़़़राशिद | rasida | 0 |
| राश्िद | rasida | 0 |
| शाहीद | sahida | 0 |
| राशिंद | rasinda | 0 |
| अंसारी | ansari | 0 |
| अराशीद | arasida | 0 |
| राश्दिा | rasdia | 0 |
| रासीत | rasita | 0 |
| राशिव | rasiva | 0 |
| रााश्ीद | raasida | 0 |
| रसिद | rasida | 0 |
| रफीद | raphida | 0 |
| शहिद | sahida | 0 |
| राशािद | rasaida | 0 |
| रशीदज़् | rasidaz | 0 |
| राशीदा | rasida | 0 |
| रशील | rasila | 0 |
| ़राशिद | rasida | 0 |
| अराशिद | arasida | 0 |
| रश्ाीद | rasaida | 0 |
| अरशीद | arasida | 0 |
| राषीद | rasida | 0 |
| रशीदा | rasida | 0 |
| रशीद़ | rasida | 0 |
| राशिद् | rasid | 0 |
| रााशीद | raasida | 0 |
| रषीद | rasida | 0 |
| Rashid in the Russian language | ||
| Рашид | rasid | - |
| Rashid in the Arabic language | ||
| راسد | rasd | - |
| راِشد | raishd | - |
| الرشيد | alrshyd | - |
| برشيد | brshyd | - |
| راشيد | rashyd | - |
| راشد | rashd | - |
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