How common is the surname Amir?

1,639 people in the United States had the surname Amir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amir?

In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Amir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Amir getting more or less common?

More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 56%.

Is Amir also a first name?

Yes. Amir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Amir

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A560 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amir is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,639 people named Amir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,051.

#17,274

rank among US surnames

1,639

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+55.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,268	Houchens	1,640	188,259
#17,274	Dorey	1,639	188,374
#17,283	Semon	1,638	188,489

Who is named Amir

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

43% of people named Amir identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 43%
Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 4.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ameer

Surnames that sound like Amir

Amir has the Soundex code A560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A560.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amir come from?: From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.
How common is the surname Amir?: 1,639 people in the United States had the surname Amir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amir?: In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Amir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Amir getting more or less common?: More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 56%.
What are other spellings of Amir?: Ameer.
Is Amir also a first name?: Yes. Amir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.