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    Persian surnames

    28 surnames that come from Persian, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Shah, Akhtar, Shabazz.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Shah 573 58,287
    2 Akhtar 7,785 4,260
    3 Shabazz 8,353 3,963
    4 Sarkar 13,976 2,157
    5 Mir 14,279 2,097
    6 Karimi 15,700 1,858
    7 Rahimi 16,582 1,730
    8 Khawaja 18,648 1,475
    9 Azizi 18,347 1,510
    10 Amini 20,408 1,302
    11 Hosseini 21,672 1,202
    12 Hashemi 21,092 1,245
    13 Amiri 21,759 1,195
    14 Sharifi 21,609 1,207
    15 Nazari 23,084 1,107
    16 Sadeghi 23,054 1,109
    17 Rahmani 23,899 1,056
    18 Ebrahimi 23,978 1,052
    19 Mohammadi 23,397 1,087
    20 Alizadeh 47,429 447
    21 Hakimian 35,294 638
    22 Baz 38,850 568
    23 Jasmine 36,477 613
    24 Imani 39,164 562
    25 Moghaddam 39,052 564
    26 Javid 40,976 532
    27 Razi 41,728 521
    28 Ghassemi 55,386 371