How common is the surname Raza?

3,392 people in the United States had the surname Raza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. It ranked 9,583rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Raza?

Roustam Raza, bodyguard of Napoleon, followed by Mehdi Hasan.

Where is the surname Raza most common?

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

How do you pronounce Raza?

Raza is /ˈɹɑː.zə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Raza getting more or less common?

More common. 1,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,392 in 2010, up 72%.

Is Raza also a first name?

Yes. Raza is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Raza

A surname, carried by 3,392 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹɑː.zə/ 2 syllables Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raza is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,392 people named Raza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,976.

#9,583

rank among US surnames

3,392

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+71.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,578	Enoch	3,394	90,968
#9,581	Scheid	3,393	90,995
#9,583	Woodrum	3,392	91,022
#9,587	Kegley	3,391	91,049
#9,590	Cendejas	3,390	91,075
#9,592	Bicknell	3,389	91,102

Who is named Raza

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

83% of people named Raza identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Famous Razas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roustam Raza
Bodyguard of Napoleon, 1783–1845
Mehdi Hasan
British-American journalist (1979-)

Notable Razas come mostly from Armenia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raza

Raza has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Raza?: 3,392 people in the United States had the surname Raza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,022 Americans. It ranked 9,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raza?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Raza identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Raza?: Roustam Raza, bodyguard of Napoleon, followed by Mehdi Hasan.
Where is the surname Raza most common?: Wikidata records people named Raza in Armenia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Raza?: Raza is /ˈɹɑː.zə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Raza getting more or less common?: More common. 1,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,392 in 2010, up 72%.
Is Raza also a first name?: Yes. Raza is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.