Explore the Family Name Yazdi

The meaning of Yazdi

Iranian and Jewish (from Iran): habitational name for someone from the Iranian city of Yazd. Compare Yazdani 2. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Ali, Farrokh, Feryal, Hamid, Hassan, Nematollah, Ramin, Ahmad, Akram, Alireza, Ebrahim, Erfan.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Yazdi has increased between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname went up from 49,869 in 2000 to 43,206 in 2010, marking a significant change of 13.36%. Moreover, the count of individuals with the Yazdi surname also grew by 26.58% during this period, increasing from 395 in 2000 to 500 in 2010. This growth resulted in a slight increase in the proportion per 100k people from 0.15 to 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,869	#43,206	13.36%
Count	395	500	26.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.17	13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yazdi

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Yazdi surname, there have been some changes observed based on information from the Decennial U.S. Census. In terms of percentage, most Yazdis identified as White in both years, with a slight increase from 83.04% in 2000 to 83.80% in 2010. Individuals identifying as two or more races increased slightly from 11.39% to 12.40%. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic experienced a significant growth of 22.30%, rising from 2.78% to 3.40%. There was no data available for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, which had previously accounted for 1.77% in 2000. No Yazdis identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, according to the available census data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.04%	83.8%	0.92%
Two or More Races	11.39%	12.4%	8.87%
Hispanic	2.78%	3.4%	22.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.77%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%