Hamid Family History
- Hamid Name Meaning
- Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ?hamid ‘praising’, ‘praiser (of Allah)’, or ?hamid ‘praised’, ‘praiseworthy’. Al-?Hamid ‘the All-Laudable’ is an attribute of Allah. The name ?Abd-ul-Hamid means ‘servant of the All-Laudable’. The root ?hmd ‘praise’ is one of the most common elements in Arabic name forming; in addition to this name, it also lies behind names such as Ahmad and Muhammad.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,818 Historical Documents with Hamid on Ancestry
- 9,039 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,499 Census and Voter Lists
- 657 Military Records
- 3,259 Immigration Records
- 364 Member Trees
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Number of Hamid families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hamid census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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