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    The surname Amiri

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,195 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A560

    Amiri: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Amiri #21,759, 1,195 people Amiri: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Amiri #21,759, 1,195 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amiri is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian امیری

    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 1,195 people named Amiri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 824.

    #21,759
    rank among US surnames
    1,195
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45%
    change since 2000 (was #27,526)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,750Celli1,196258,148
    #21,759Finnigan1,195258,364

    Who is named Amiri

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

    69% of people named Amiri identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as two or more races and 5.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Two or more races 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Amiris

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Amiri
      American fashion designer, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Amiri

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

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Amiri come from?
    Borrowed from Persian امیری
    How common is the surname Amiri?
    1,195 people in the United States had the surname Amiri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Amiri?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Amiri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Amiri?
    Mike Amiri, American fashion designer.
    Where is the surname Amiri most common?
    Wikidata records people named Amiri in the United States.
    Is the surname Amiri getting more or less common?
    More common. 824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, up 45%.