How common is the surname Alizadeh?

447 people in the United States had the surname Alizadeh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 690,706 Americans. It ranked 47,429th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alizadeh?

Safura Alizadeh, Azerbaijani pop singer, followed by Sonita Alizadeh.

Where is the surname Alizadeh most common?

Wikidata records people named Alizadeh in the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.

Is the surname Alizadeh getting more or less common?

More common. 309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 447 in 2010, up 45%.

The surname Alizadeh

A Persian surname, carried by 447 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alizadeh is more common than 70.8% of them.

Origin

Persian origin

Borrowed from Persian علیزاده ('alizâde), from علی ('ali, “Ali”) + زاده (zâde, “offspring”).

One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 447 people named Alizadeh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 690,706 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 309.

#47,429

rank among US surnames

447

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+44.7%

change since 2000 (was #60,887)

Who is named Alizadeh

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Alizadeh identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as two or more races and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Two or more races 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alizadehs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Safura Alizadeh
Azerbaijani pop singer, born 1992
Sonita Alizadeh
Afghan rapper and activist, born 1996
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Azerbaijani composer, born 1947
Agshin Alizadeh
Azerbaijani composer (1937-2014)

Notable Alizadehs come mostly from the Soviet Union (2), Azerbaijan (1) and Afghanistan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Alizade
Alizada
Alizadah

Surnames that sound like Alizadeh

Alzate

Alizadeh has the Soundex code A423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A423.

Other Persian surnames

All 28 Persian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alizadeh come from?: Borrowed from Persian علیزاده ('alizâde), from علی ('ali, “Ali”) + زاده (zâde, “offspring”).
How common is the surname Alizadeh?: 447 people in the United States had the surname Alizadeh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 690,706 Americans. It ranked 47,429th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alizadeh?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Alizadeh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Alizadeh?: Safura Alizadeh, Azerbaijani pop singer, followed by Sonita Alizadeh.
Where is the surname Alizadeh most common?: Wikidata records people named Alizadeh in the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Is the surname Alizadeh getting more or less common?: More common. 309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 447 in 2010, up 45%.
What are other spellings of Alizadeh?: Alizade, Alizada and Alizadah.