Qureshi

English

Alternative forms

• Quraishi

Etymology

From Arabic قُرَشِيّ (qurašiyy).

Proper noun

Qureshi (plural Qureshis)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Qureshi is the 5035^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6966 individuals. Qureshi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.04%) individuals.

Further reading

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