Qureshi
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic قُرَشِيّ (qurašiyy).
Proper noun
Qureshi (plural Qureshis)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Qureshi is the 5035th 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.