Explore the Family Name Pirzada

The meaning of Pirzada

Muslim (Pakistan): from the Urdu variant of the title Pirzadeh.

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How common is the last name Pirzada in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Pirzada has seen a surge in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pirzada was ranked as the 83,965th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had jumped significantly to the 59,603rd place, representing a rank change of nearly 29 percent. The count of people with this surname also grew from 208 in 2000 to 339 in 2010 — an increase of almost 63 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Pirzada per 100,000 residents rose by 37.5 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#83,965	#59,603	29.01%
Count	208	339	62.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.11	37.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pirzada

The ethnic identity associated with the Pirzada surname also shifted over the same period, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 76.44 percent of people with the Pirzada surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, a figure that climbed to 83.48 percent in 2010. Conversely, those identifying as two or more races dropped sharply from 13.94 percent in 2000 to just 3.24 percent in 2010. The proportion of Pirzadas identifying as white saw a substantial increase, going up from 6.25 percent in 2000 to 10.32 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, individuals identifying as Hispanic decreased from 3.37 percent to 2.65 percent. There were no recorded Pirzadas who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	76.44%	83.48%	9.21%
White	6.25%	10.32%	65.12%
Two or More Races	13.94%	3.24%	-76.76%
Hispanic	3.37%	2.65%	-21.36%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%