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    The surname Sharifi

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,207 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S610

    Sharifi: #21,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sharifi #21,609, 1,207 people Sharifi: #21,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sharifi #21,609, 1,207 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharifi is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian شریفی

    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 1,207 people named Sharifi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 814.

    #21,609
    rank among US surnames
    1,207
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.3%
    change since 2000 (was #27,802)

    Who is named Sharifi

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

    70% of people named Sharifi identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as two or more races and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Two or more races 22%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 Sharifi

    Sharifi has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sharifi come from?
    Borrowed from Persian شریفی
    How common is the surname Sharifi?
    1,207 people in the United States had the surname Sharifi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. It ranked 21,609th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sharifi?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Sharifi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sharifi getting more or less common?
    More common. 814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,207 in 2010, up 48%.