Quraishi

English

Etymology

Variant of Qureshi.

Proper noun

Quraishi (plural Quraishis)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quraishi is the 30980^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 750 individuals. Quraishi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.2%), White (12.0%), and Multi-racial (10.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Quraishi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.