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    The surname Razi

    A Persian place surname, carried by 521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Razi is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian رازی (râzi), a habitational surname for a person coming from Ray, Iran. This surname is also well attested in Pakistan.

    Razi is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 521 people named Razi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 364.

    #41,728
    rank among US surnames
    521
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.1%
    change since 2000 (was #53,299)

    Who is named Razi

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

    50% of people named Razi identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
    • Two or more races 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Razi

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

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Razi come from?
    Borrowed from Persian رازی (râzi), a habitational surname for a person coming from Ray, Iran. This surname is also well attested in Pakistan.
    How common is the surname Razi?
    521 people in the United States had the surname Razi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. It ranked 41,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Razi?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Razi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Razi?
    Razi is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Razi getting more or less common?
    More common. 364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 521 in 2010, up 43%.