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    The surname Riaz

    A surname, carried by 1,397 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Riaz: #19,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riaz #19,364, 1,397 people Riaz: #19,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riaz #19,364, 1,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riaz is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,397 people named Riaz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,006 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 883.

    #19,364
    rank among US surnames
    1,397
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.2%
    change since 2000 (was #26,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,364Vlahos1,397221,006
    #19,372Crass1,396221,164

    Who is named Riaz

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

    86% of people named Riaz identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riaz

    Riaz 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 Riaz?
    1,397 people in the United States had the surname Riaz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,006 Americans. It ranked 19,364th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riaz?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Riaz identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riaz getting more or less common?
    More common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,397 in 2010, up 58%.