# Raza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/raza/  
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 Dari [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic] or from Urdu [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic], variant of Riza.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,392 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,583 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +72% (1,976 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑː.zə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Raza 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) | 7.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Raza in Armenia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Raza

- Roustam Raza, bodyguard of Napoleon
- Mehdi Hasan, British-American journalist (1979-)

## Similar surnames

Razo, Reza, Riaz, Razi, Raja, Rayas, Racz, Racca, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose.

## 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.