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    The surname Tehrani

    A surname, carried by 1,266 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T650

    Tehrani: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tehrani #20,843, 1,266 people Tehrani: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tehrani #20,843, 1,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tehrani is more common than 87.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,266 people named Tehrani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

    #20,843
    rank among US surnames
    1,266
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,637)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Tehrani

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

    83% of people named Tehrani identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as two or more races and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Two or more races 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Tehrani

    Tehrani has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tehrani?
    1,266 people in the United States had the surname Tehrani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. It ranked 20,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tehrani?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Tehrani identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Tehrani getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,266 in 2010, up 19%.