# Amini (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/amini/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Persian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Persian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,302 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,408 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 237,132 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (981 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Persian امینی

## Who carries it

Share of people named Amini in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 19% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Amini in Australia.

## People named Amini

- Mustafa Amini, Australian association football player

## Similar surnames

Amin, Aman, Amon, Amen, Auman, Amann, Ammon, Ammann, Annan, Anyanwu, Ameen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.