Ghazi

See also: ghazi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

Proper noun

Ghazi (plural Ghazis)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ghazi is the 34185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Ghazi is most common among White (64.31%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ghazi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

Anagrams

• Gizah