Explore the Family Name Shirazi

The meaning of Shirazi

Iranian and Jewish (from Iran): habitational name for someone from the city of Shiraz in Iran. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mehdi, Ahmad, Ali, Masoud, Syed, Bijan, Hadi, Haider, Mehrdad, Bahram, Elham, Hamid.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Shirazi saw considerable growth from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Shirazi was ranked 26,104 in terms of popularity and this improved to 23,768 by 2010, an increase of nearly 9%. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname rose from 882 to 1,064, marking a substantial 20.63% surge. The proportion of people named Shirazi per 100,000 also increased by about 9%, moving from 0.33 to 0.36.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,104	#23,768	8.95%
Count	882	1,064	20.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.36	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shirazi

The Census data also provides insights into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Shirazi. From 2000 to 2010, there was a significant rise of approximately 16.49% in the number of people of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity holding this name. However, the percentage of individuals identifying as White saw a slight decrease of around 4%, dropping from 67.12% to 64.47%. There was also a decline in the proportion of those identified as Black and those identifying with two or more races. Conversely, the percentage of Hispanics with this surname grew by 29.08%. No change was observed amongst American Indian and Alaskan Natives.

	2000	2010	Change
White	67.12%	64.47%	-3.95%
Asian/Pacific Islander	15.65%	18.23%	16.49%
Two or More Races	13.61%	12.88%	-5.36%
Hispanic	3.06%	3.95%	29.08%
Black	0.57%	0.47%	-17.54%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%