# Pirzada (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pirzada/  
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 Asian languages, particularly Persian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 339 |
| US rank (2010) | 59,603 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 910,754 people |
| Change since 2000 | +63% (208 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɪrˈzɑːdə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Persian پیرْزاده: پیر (“elder; Sufi master; saint”) + زاده (“born of; descendant of”). The name originally denoted a descendant of a Sufi saint or religious elder. Common as a surname among Muslim communities in South Asia, Iran, and Central Asia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pirzada 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) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Preston, Proctor, Prescott, Priest, Preciado, Persaud, Prasad, Prickett, Priester, Priestley, Procter, Prestridge.

## 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.