Miri surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Miri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 198 people carried this name — #92,719 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 25% from 158 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 185 people named Miri 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 Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 87
Antwerp 39
Flemish Brabant 31
East Flanders 16
Hainaut 7
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 174 people named Miri 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 148
City of Buenos Aires 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Miri.

Most of them — 60 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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

Born outside France 60
Paris 10
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Essonne 3
Nord 2
Rhône 2
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Jura 1
Seine-et-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Miri live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Bern 13
Basel-Stadt 6
Solothurn 3
Vaud 3

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 the Nordic population registers

107 people named Miri is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 107

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).

Who carried it

People named Miri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vincenzo Miri
    Vincenzo Miri 1983– · lawyer
  • Mrinal Miri 1940– · politician
  • Mrinal Miri 1940– · politician
  • Mrinal Miri 1940– · politician
  • Angela Miri 1959– · academic
  • Mīrī, Khuḍayr 1964–2015 · poet

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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