The Amiri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,195 people carried this name — #21,759 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 45% from 824 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
643 people named Amiri live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 544 people named Amiri live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Amiri.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Amiri live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Amiri have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 116 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
2,053 people named Amiri are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Amiri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zainab bint Radi al-Din al-Ghazi al-Amiri 1504–1572
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Muḥammad Adīb Āmirī 1907–1978 · politician
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Muḥammad Adīb Āmirī 1907–1978 · politician
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Muḥammad Adīb Āmirī 1907–1978 · politician
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Abbas Amiri Moghaddam 1950–2011 · actor
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Nadia Amiri 1950–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amiri.
- Amini 1,302 · U.S. census
- Amiot 558 · U.S. census
- Amiotte 159 · U.S. census
- Amir 1,639 · U.S. census
- Amira 199 · U.S. census
- Amirault 623 · U.S. census
- Amis 1,530 · U.S. census
- Amitrano 334 · U.S. census
- Ammann 1,853 · U.S. census
- Ammar 846 · U.S. census
- Ammari 338 · U.S. census
- Ammirati 430 · U.S. census
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