How common is the surname Azizi?

1,510 people in the United States had the surname Azizi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,467 Americans. It ranked 18,347th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Azizi?

Masoud Azizi, Afghan athletics competitor, followed by Anthony Azizi.

Where is the surname Azizi most common?

Wikidata records people named Azizi in Afghanistan and the United States.

Is the surname Azizi getting more or less common?

More common. 968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,510 in 2010, up 56%.

The surname Azizi

A Persian surname, carried by 1,510 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Azizi is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Persian origin

Borrowed from Persian عزیزی

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 1,510 people named Azizi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,467 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 968.

#18,347

rank among US surnames

1,510

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+56%

change since 2000 (was #24,271)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,347	Rushin	1,510	204,467
#18,354	Lands	1,509	204,603

Who is named Azizi

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

66% of people named Azizi identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as two or more races and 6.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Two or more races 24%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Azizis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Masoud Azizi
Afghan athletics competitor, born 1985
Anthony Azizi
American actor, born 1969

Notable Azizis come mostly from Afghanistan (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Azizi

Aziz

Azizi has the Soundex code A220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A220.

Other Persian surnames

All 28 Persian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Azizi come from?: Borrowed from Persian عزیزی
How common is the surname Azizi?: 1,510 people in the United States had the surname Azizi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,467 Americans. It ranked 18,347th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Azizi?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Azizi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Azizi?: Masoud Azizi, Afghan athletics competitor, followed by Anthony Azizi.
Where is the surname Azizi most common?: Wikidata records people named Azizi in Afghanistan and the United States.
Is the surname Azizi getting more or less common?: More common. 968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,510 in 2010, up 56%.