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    The surname Pirani

    A surname, carried by 528 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P650

    Pirani: #41,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pirani #41,234, 528 people Pirani: #41,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pirani #41,234, 528 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pirani is more common than 74.6% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from either Italian Pirani or Persian پیرانی; the gauge is named after Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 528 people named Pirani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 584,745 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 408.

    #41,234
    rank among US surnames
    528
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.4%
    change since 2000 (was #48,567)

    Who is named Pirani

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

    55% of people named Pirani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Piranis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gabriel Pirani
      Brazilian footballer, born 2002

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pirani

    Pirani has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pirani come from?
    Borrowed from either Italian Pirani or Persian پیرانی; the gauge is named after Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).
    How common is the surname Pirani?
    528 people in the United States had the surname Pirani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 584,745 Americans. It ranked 41,234th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pirani?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Pirani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pirani?
    Gabriel Pirani, Brazilian footballer.
    Where is the surname Pirani most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pirani in Brazil.
    Is the surname Pirani getting more or less common?
    More common. 408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 528 in 2010, up 29%.