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The Mizrahi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,190 people carried this name — #13,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 31% from 1,671 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mizrahi surname

Borrowed from Hebrew מזרחי (mizrakhí, “eastern”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mizrahi» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 779 people named Mizrahi 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 599
Buenos Aires Province 121
Tucumán 32
Santa Fe 15
San Luis 12

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 186 people named Mizrahi.

Most of them — 114 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 114
Paris 36
Indre 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Nièvre 4
Tarn-et-Garonne 3
Seine-Maritime 3
Allier 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

73 people named Mizrahi live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Geneva 29
Vaud 18
Zurich 17
Basel-Landschaft 6
Neuchâtel 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 print

Mizrahi in American newspapers,
1905–1921.

Newspaper page from The Jewish Monitor carrying the name Mizrahi
The Jewish Monitor 1921-01-21
Newspaper page from The Jewish Outlook carrying the name Mizrahi
The Jewish Outlook 1905-09-29
Newspaper page from The American Jewish World carrying the name Mizrahi
The American Jewish World 1917-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mizrahi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ephraim Mizrahi
    Ephraim Mizrahi 1897–1961 · politician
  • Abshalom Mizrahi d. 1999 · mathematician
  • Binyamin Mizrahi 1916–2001 · association football player
  • Dan Mizrahi 1926–2010 · pianist
  • Moshé Mizrahi 1931–2018 · actor
  • Joseph Mizrahi 1933–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Mizrahi.

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