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The surname Virani

A surname, carried by 1,259 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V650

Virani: #20,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Virani #20,926, 1,259 people Virani: #20,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Virani #20,926, 1,259 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Virani is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,259 people named Virani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,231 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 869.

#20,926
rank among US surnames
1,259
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+44.9%
change since 2000 (was #26,419)

Who is named Virani

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

89% of people named Virani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.5% as two or more races and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
  • Two or more races 4.5%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Virani

Virani has the Soundex code V650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V650.

Questions

How common is the surname Virani?
1,259 people in the United States had the surname Virani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,231 Americans. It ranked 20,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Virani?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Virani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Virani getting more or less common?
More common. 869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,259 in 2010, up 45%.