The surname Zaidi
An Arabic surname, carried by 2,851 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Z300
Origin
Arabic origin
From Arabic زَيْدِيّ (zaydiyy), from Arabic زَيْد (zayd), referring to Zayd bin Ali.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,851 people named Zaidi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,294 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,738.
Who is named Zaidi
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Zaidi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Zaydi
Surnames that sound like Zaidi
Zaidi has the Soundex code Z300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z300.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Zaidi come from?
- From Arabic زَيْدِيّ (zaydiyy), from Arabic زَيْد (zayd), referring to Zayd bin Ali.
- How common is the surname Zaidi?
- 2,851 people in the United States had the surname Zaidi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,294 Americans. It ranked 11,122nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zaidi?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Zaidi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Zaidi getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,851 in 2010, up 64%.
- What are other spellings of Zaidi?
- Zaydi.