Most Common Iranian Surnames

Iran is a culturally rich and diverse country in the Middle East. It is known for its beautiful landscapes, ancient history, and unique traditions. One of the interesting aspects of Iranian culture is its system of family names or surnames. Iranian surnames are formed by combining the person’s father’s name, followed by the suffix -i. In this article, we will be exploring the most common Iranian surnames and their meanings.

Ranking Last Name Incidence Letters
1 Mohammadi 914359 9
2 Hosseini 713424 8
3 Ahmadi 551104 6
4 Ali 470706 3
5 Moradi 441315 6
6 Heydari 429148 7
7 Karimi 419536 6
8 Mousavi 419421 7
9 Jafari 418658 6
10 Mohammad 374624 8
11 Pour 370666 4
12 Ghasemi 339566 7
13 Rahimi 330504 6
14 Ebrahimi 325775 8
15 Sadeghi 297022 7
16 Abbasi 284093 6
17 Gholami 258200 7
18 Akbari 250249 6
19 Asadi 248972 5
20 Zare 245627 4
21 Mahmoudi 239645 8
22 Ghorbani 239262 8
23 Bagheri 232573 7
24 Amiri 232256 5
25 Kazemi 230551 6
26 Zarei 229404 5
27 Haji 229098 4
28 Hashemi 221192 7
29 Nouri 219718 5
30 Yousefi 217872 7
31 Alizadeh 212721 8
32 Esmaeili 208259 8
33 Rezaei 205312 6
34 Salehi 204636 6
35 Nazari 201443 6
36 Mir 199853 3
37 Razaee 199643 6
38 Norouzi 197434 7
39 Shah 190519 4
40 Soleimani 190506 9
41 Sharifi 187842 7
42 Karami 183759 6
43 Rahmani 181589 7
44 Azizi 180783 5
45 Rostami 179979 7
46 Najafi 179197 6
47 Safari 168412 6
48 Amini 167376 5
49 Soltani 166207 7
50 Taheri 164795 6
51 Ramezani 163854 8
52 Razaie 155727 6
53 Khosravi 155081 8
54 Bahrami 152950 7
55 Abdollahi 151947 9
56 Mirzaei 145395 7
57 Zamani 143640 6
58 Dehghani 142966 8
59 Maleki 138960 6
60 Hasani 137966 6
61 Ghanbari 134227 8
62 Fathi 133727 5
63 Hosseinzadeh 131551 12
64 Rajabi 130855 6
65 Abdi 130411 4
66 Dehghan 128535 7
67 Saeedi 122498 6
68 Shabani 122120 7
69 Hossein 121800 7
70 Abbas 121483 5
71 Mansouri 119386 8
72 Asgari 117030 6
73 Ranjbar 114951 7
74 Naderi 112147 6
75 Arab 111467 4
76 Nassiri 109312 7
77 Salimi 109239 6
78 Sheikh 109139 6
79 Jalali 107503 6
80 Lotfi 106629 5
81 Khalili 105737 7
82 Habibi 104316 6
83 Mohammadzadeh 103255 13
84 Shafiee 102969 7
85 Fallah 102644 6
86 Goodarzi 101366 8
87 Rashidi 100981 7
88 Ghaffari 99951 8
89 Eskandari 99726 9
90 Rigi 99513 4
91 Nasseri 98888 7
92 Salari 98128 6
93 Kiani 97169 5
94 Tavakoli 95251 8
95 Rasooli 94899 7
96 Babaei 91830 6
97 Azimi 90910 5
98 Ghaderi 89911 7
99 Bayat 88879 5
100 Mirzaie 88195 7
101 Nemati 88065 6
102 Kamali 87802 6
103 Shojaei 87387 7
104 Ansari 87243 6
105 Talebi 86578 6
106 Mokhtari 86140 8
107 Reza 86036 4
108 Shahbazi 86030 8
109 Yazdani 86009 7
110 Mahdi 84689 5
111 Khani 84545 5
112 Hatami 83900 6
113 Asghari 83572 7
114 Faraji 83205 6
115 Mahdavi 82313 7
116 Hasanza 81188 7
117 Amir 81010 4
118 Reyesi 80127 6
119 Jamshidi 80001 8
120 Abedi 79213 5
121 Jamali 79177 6
122 Rafiee 78772 6
123 Alipour 76521 7
124 Seyed 76360 5
125 Hassanpour 75725 10
126 Hosseinpour 75547 11
127 Bakhtiari 75195 9
128 Hassan 74965 6
129 Allah 74158 5
130 Teimouri 73736 8
131 Rahmati 73445 7
132 Tajik 72170 5
133 Ebadi 71531 5
134 Keshavarz 71462 9
135 Masoumi 71129 7
136 Khazaei 70735 7
137 Ahmad 69490 5
138 Salmani 69065 7
139 Samadi 69063 6
140 Farhadi 68954 7
141 Mohseni 68761 7
142 Sohrabi 68022 7
143 Babaee 67992 6
144 Torabi 67982 6
145 Hamidi 67772 6
146 Islami 67671 6
147 Bani 67538 4
148 Shokri 67081 6
149 Mohammadian 66571 11
150 Momeni 65902 6
151 Malek 65590 5
152 Bakhshi 65114 7
153 Abdollah 64794 8
154 Javadi 64375 6
155 Yoqobe 62796 6
156 Imani 62369 5
157 Askari 62318 6
158 Panahi 61735 6
159 Barati 61596 6
160 Khan 61532 4
161 Davoodi 61007 7
162 Haj 60874 3
163 Khademi 59946 7
164 Moghadam 59848 8
165 Hemati 59539 6
166 Darvishi 59314 8
167 Khajeh 58886 6
168 Barzegar 58170 8
169 Saberi 57834 6
170 Azadi 57664 5
171 Kargar 57608 6
172 Gul 57569 3
173 Izadi 57416 5
174 Seyyed 57039 6
175 Hasan 56752 5
176 Tahmasbi 56658 8
177 Amani 55397 5
178 Sheikhi 54884 7
179 Baloch 54303 6
180 Hassanzadeh 54069 11
181 Shir 53226 4
182 Ataei 52800 5
183 Gholam 52783 6
184 Ghahramani 52538 10
185 Mozaffari 52362 9
186 Jalili 52022 6
187 Shakeri 51513 7
188 Emami 50972 5
189 Aliza 50533 5
190 Jabbari 50518 7
191 Hajizadeh 50264 9
192 Shamsi 50064 6
193 Zakeri 50005 6
194 Fattahi 49818 7
195 Sari 49780 4
196 Shiri 49721 5
197 Zahedi 49386 6
198 Qale 49298 4
199 Mohebbi 49161 7
200 Brahouei 48983 8
201 Dashti 48752 6
202 Shams 48609 5
203 Nik 48609 3
204 Khodadadi 48351 9
205 Ahmadzadeh 47981 10
206 Narouei 47954 7
207 Noor 47929 4
208 Afshari 47653 7
209 Mehrabi 47166 7
210 Fallahi 47101 7
211 Jahangiri 46486 9
212 Cheraghi 46320 8
213 Mirie 46216 5
214 Afshar 46202 6
215 Seifi 46032 5
216 Yari 45742 4
217 Taqe 45719 4
218 Jahan 45466 5
219 Omidi 45228 5
220 Khosh 45218 5
221 Bahmani 45148 7
222 Arabi 45048 5
223 Majidi 44701 6
224 Agha 44604 4
225 Mahdizadeh 44316 10
226 Mahmoud 44245 7
227 Shahi 44215 5
228 Azad 43658 4
229 Shahriari 43548 9
230 Jahani 43163 6
231 Abdul 42464 5
232 Jafarzadeh 42110 10
233 Ahmadian 41724 8
234 The 41713 3
235 Jokar 41583 5
236 Fazeli 41552 6
237 Karim 41454 5
238 Sarani 40910 6
239 Kareme 40865 6
240 Mehri 40829 5
241 Gholipour 40716 9
242 Mirza 40412 5
243 Ghareh 40119 6
244 Abedini 39981 7
245 Firoozi 39535 7
246 Akbar 39337 5
247 Saleh 39041 5
248 Zanganeh 39027 8
249 Abdoli 38673 6
250 Baba 38643 4
251 Sajjadi 38526 7
252 Piri 38524 4
253 Davari 38288 6
254 Zandi 37875 5
255 Mohammadpour 37654 12
256 Akbarzadeh 37204 10
257 Esfandiari 37063 10
258 Vakili 37037 6
259 Ghafouri 36733 8
260 Hadi 36707 4
261 Ashouri 36556 7
262 Molaei 36448 6
263 Souri 36015 5
264 Nejad 35915 5
265 Mashhadi 35804 8
266 Nosrati 35780 7
267 Jafar 35693 5
268 Mardani 35630 7
269 Farrokhi 35565 8
270 Abbaspour 35435 9
271 Bameri 35088 6
272 Kalantari 35071 9
273 Aslani 35010 6
274 Fatemi 34921 6
275 Karimian 34897 8
276 Saeed 34849 5
277 Roshan 34758 6
278 Ahmadpour 34732 9
279 Saadat 34683 6
280 Khodabandeh 34340 11
281 Sadegh 34337 6
282 Ashrafi 34291 7
283 Darabi 34037 6
284 Khaleghi 33979 8
285 Amin 33975 4
286 Saatati 33712 7
287 Karimzadeh 33703 10
288 Taghipour 33596 9
289 Gholizadeh 33521 10
290 Vahedi 33496 6
291 Razoe 33400 5
292 Ghobadi 33233 7
293 Taghi 33072 5
294 Rabieh 32921 6
295 Ebrahim 32814 7
296 Khairi 32807 6
297 Sayyadi 32499 7
298 Rezazadeh 32337 9
299 Sharafi 32259 7
300 Masoudi 31947 7
301 Hedayati 31764 8
302 Nasiri 31763 6
303 Eftekhari 31667 9
304 Bagherzadeh 31602 11
305 Fouladi 31545 7
306 Shirvani 31316 8
307 Yavari 31135 6
308 Xoalafaqare 30934 11
309 Aqa 30888 3
310 Esmaeilzadeh 30838 12
311 Bahari 30747 6
312 Ebrahimzadeh 30665 12
313 Abase 30542 5
314 Khadem 30533 6
315 Goli 30457 4
316 Azar 30399 4
317 Latifi 30368 6
318 Fatehi 30346 6
319 Almasi 30300 6
320 Arbabi 30193 6
321 Feze 30010 4
322 Aloe 29930 4
323 Roohi 29916 5
324 Rouhani 29877 7
325 Sobhani 29844 7
326 Darvish 29628 7
327 Taghizadeh 29625 10
328 Balochi 29560 7
329 Bahadori 29508 8
330 Afzali 29477 6
331 Madadi 29436 6
332 Zeinali 29224 7
333 Hosein 29195 6
334 Beheshti 29158 8
335 Maghsoudi 29144 9
336 Naimi 29091 5
337 Sharif 29034 6
338 Salhe 28841 5
339 Shahrakie 28777 9
340 Seyyedi 28664 7
341 Safi 28651 4
342 Sabouri 28650 7
343 Parsa 28576 5
344 Haddadi 28542 7
345 Fadaei 28513 6
346 Rastegar 28447 8
347 Niazi 28439 5
348 Bigdeli 28433 7
349 Faramarzi 28299 9
350 Valipour 28284 8
351 Saedi 28120 5
352 Razavi 28102 6
353 Mortazavi 28031 9
354 Moradian 27949 8
355 Kohi 27923 4
356 Safaei 27746 6
357 Ale 27731 3
358 Ghan 27627 4
359 Danesh 27604 6
360 Zahir 27528 5
361 Abbasian 27473 8
362 Sadat 27411 5
363 Esmaeil 27410 7
364 Moazami 27368 7
365 Fazli 27267 5
366 Pashaei 27248 7
367 Ganji 27208 5
368 Ezzati 27203 6
369 Khorasani 27181 9
370 Mullaei 27124 7
371 Sadiqi 27105 6
372 Tayebi 26906 6
373 Khorrami 26870 8
374 Ahayi 26867 5
375 Nejat 26809 5
376 Ameri 26753 5
377 Bashiri 26752 7
378 Farzaneh 26580 8
379 Khorshidi 26514 9
380 Fath 26462 4
381 Barani 26428 6
382 Sadeghian 26381 9
383 Taqoe 26137 5
384 Eslami 25962 6
385 Sattari 25940 7
386 Yousef 25878 6
387 Dares 25862 5
388 Valiza 25792 6
389 Sotoudeh 25696 8
390 Beigi 25368 5
391 Moslem 25352 6
392 Ramadan 25303 7
393 Shahabi 25165 7
394 Ahadi 25106 5
395 Morad 25071 5
396 Vaziri 25026 6
397 Derakhshan 25012 10
398 Pir 25003 3
399 Pak 24955 3
400 Sadri 24853 5
401 Ehsani 24666 6
402 Gharibi 24614 7
403 Yar 24589 3
404 Veysi 24436 5
405 Jan 24429 3
406 Mullah 24358 6
407 Kaviani 24259 7
408 Rahim 24187 5
409 Kabiri 24160 6
410 Hamzeh 24110 6
411 Yousefzadeh 24041 11
412 Tabatabaei 24022 10
413 Yeganeh 23988 7
414 Zarrin 23968 6
415 Parviz 23902 6
416 Asad 23842 4
417 Razaghi 23819 7
418 Mostafavi 23678 9
419 Sedaghat 23607 8
420 Haqeqe 23597 6
421 Gol 23588 3
422 Alaei 23474 5
423 Salemi 23472 6
424 Hassani 23461 7
425 Shaban 23424 6
426 Qorishi 23370 7
427 Mollaei 23343 7
428 Darazadh 23319 8
429 Maliki 23279 6
430 Rahimzadeh 23089 10
431 Behzadi 22932 7
432 Shokouhi 22910 8
433 Shahsavari 22910 10
434 Esmail 22896 6
435 Jafarian 22865 8
436 Papi 22842 4
437 Shariati 22830 8
438 Khazari 22819 7
439 Khaledi 22775 7
440 Emadi 22761 5
441 Golestani 22698 9
442 Sufi 22662 4
443 Mostafa 22592 7
444 Mansour 22546 7
445 Rahnama 22541 7
446 Nabi 22493 4
447 Houshmand 22415 9
448 Biranvand 22333 9
449 Foroughi 22297 8
450 Mazaheri 22277 8
451 Zeynli 22174 6
452 Moini 22117 5
453 Dolat 22110 5
454 Rezaeian 22059 8
455 Qademe 22032 6
456 Heydarzadeh 21955 11
457 Nick 21922 4
458 Sayyah 21904 6
459 Hakimi 21873 6
460 Gholamzadeh 21865 11
461 Naghdi 21815 6
462 Seif 21791 4
463 Isa 21700 3
464 Aziz 21699 4
465 Sepahi 21690 6
466 Bayrami 21678 7
467 Shakouri 21672 8
468 Rostam 21654 6
469 Javan 21609 5
470 Karimpour 21457 9
471 Pahlavan 21442 8
472 Valizadeh 21436 9
473 Dostami 21375 7
474 Khadri 21373 6
475 Sahraie 21357 7
476 Rashid 21345 6
477 Nasr 21336 4
478 Lak 21334 3
479 Motamedi 21331 8
480 Sake 21285 4
481 Seyedi 21270 6
482 Bayati 21260 6
483 Hashem 21258 6
484 Khodai 21241 6
485 Shirazi 21146 7
486 Hamid 21144 5
487 Omrani 21084 6
488 Farahani 21036 8
489 Farahmand 21022 9
490 Salamat 21009 7
491 Asakereh 20960 8
492 Ghasemzadeh 20949 11
493 Madani 20904 6
494 Montazeri 20891 9
495 Ahamade 20870 7
496 Moghaddasi 20856 10
497 Fereydouni 20736 10
498 Ghorbanzadeh 20720 12
499 Jafarpour 20675 9
500 Reyhani 20640 7
501 Sarlak 20620 6
502 Rakhshani 20609 9
503 Siah 20585 4
504 Chopani 20506 7
505 Vale 20468 4
506 Yazdi 20421 5
507 Hajian 20382 6
508 Javid 20360 5
509 Aghaei 20316 6
510 Roshani 20235 7
511 Jamal 20165 5
512 Taghavi 20097 7
513 Samimi 20095 6
514 Kermani 20093 7
515 Edi 20091 3
516 Shirzad 20064 7
517 Safar 20063 5
518 Nazeri 20037 6
519 Deh 19984 3
520 Rabbani 19974 7
521 Yazdanpanah 19954 11
522 Akrami 19934 6
523 Mahmoudian 19860 10
524 Eqbali 19833 6
525 Akhlaghi 19827 8
526 Sultan 19820 6
527 Badri 19803 5
528 Khorram 19769 7
529 Khavari 19761 7
530 Bahram 19755 6
531 Razoane 19619 7
532 Eshaghi 19586 7
533 Alikhani 19564 8
534 Jaberi 19545 6
535 Nakhai 19527 6
536 Davood 19519 6
537 Hazrati 19462 7
538 Hafezi 19395 6
539 Zafari 19392 6
540 Heydar 19382 6
541 Hayati 19328 6
542 Heydariyan 19250 10
543 Imam 19189 4
544 Vali 19156 4
545 Vatan 19113 5
546 Akhavan 19033 7
547 Gharib 19013 6
548 Gohari 19012 6
549 Zand 18924 4
550 Baoe 18860 4
551 Shakari 18816 7
552 Yarahmadi 18777 9
553 Nikbakht 18762 8
554 Ebrahimpour 18653 11
555 Dadashi 18626 7
556 Asadollahi 18610 10
557 Shahidi 18579 7
558 Heshmati 18528 8
559 Mostafaei 18523 9
560 Aaqaee 18514 6
561 Boroumand 18431 9
562 Abdolmaleki 18419 11
563 Kaveh 18341 5
564 Etemadi 18307 7
565 Mashayekhi 18289 10
566 Shibani 18288 7
567 Safavi 18283 6
568 Jedghal 18279 7
569 Eliasi 18187 6
570 Safdari 18169 7
571 Ghazi 18114 5
572 Najari 18105 6
573 Tavassoli 18071 9
574 Ghasempour 18052 10
575 Safarzadeh 17967 10
576 Noori 17925 5
577 Aaqaie 17881 6
578 Shahnavazi 17853 10
579 Rousta 17834 6
580 Bahman 17805 6
581 Vahidi 17804 6
582 Aghajani 17743 8
583 Safaie 17713 6
584 Torkashvand 17711 11
585 Asadzadeh 17692 9
586 Nikoo 17650 5
587 Basiri 17636 6
588 Davoudi 17602 7
589 Keshavarzi 17582 10
590 Tarak 17581 5
591 Moradpour 17568 9
592 Zadeh 17565 5
593 Hashemzadeh 17551 11
594 Asgharzadeh 17549 11
595 Nabavi 17536 6
596 Saber 17508 5
597 Hamedi 17493 6
598 Nasri 17458 5
599 Parvin 17450 6
600 Salar 17438 5
601 Kashani 17419 7
602 Habib 17404 5
603 Mousazadeh 17382 10
604 Ghorbanpour 17314 11
605 Jalilian 17296 8
606 Sadeghzadeh 17277 11
607 Narimani 17256 8
608 Xabehe 17247 6
609 Nadi 17246 4
610 Azami 17236 5
611 Yaghobi 17233 7
612 Kakavand 17213 8
613 Bagherian 17191 9
614 Zahiri 17190 6
615 Salangi 17178 7
616 Rezapour 17173 8
617 Dost 17115 4
618 Babazadeh 17089 9
619 Sepehri 16955 7
620 Taher 16915 5
621 Khodayari 16911 9
622 Malekpour 16910 9
623 Ghazanfari 16891 10
624 Vafaie 16863 6
625 Fakhri 16838 6
626 Mehraban 16831 8
627 Dehvari 16827 7
628 Kia 16815 3
629 Akbarian 16791 8
630 Ghane 16783 5
631 Eshghi 16726 6
632 Abolhassani 16718 11
633 Javaheri 16717 8
634 Haddad 16662 6
635 Hojjat 16628 6
636 Shahmoradi 16627 10
637 Khalaj 16589 6
638 Hesari 16575 6
639 Chegini 16568 7
640 Mahrami 16561 7
641 Karad 16549 5
642 Rahmanian 16523 9
643 Kazem 16505 5
644 Iran 16483 4
645 Younessi 16460 8
646 Gholampour 16358 10
647 Nazemi 16250 6
648 Daneshvar 16210 9
649 Rasti 16190 5
650 Pudineh 16127 7
651 Shoja 16100 5
652 Beit 16036 4
653 Ghasemian 16009 9
654 Hadian 16006 6
655 Sanjari 16001 7
656 Dolati 15988 6
657 Hemmati 15965 7
658 Maroufi 15962 7
659 Khodabakhshie 15959 13
660 Jalil 15947 5
661 Alavi 15935 5
662 Nissi 15913 5
663 Azhdari 15908 7
664 Hoshyar 15873 7
665 Qalandari 15832 9
666 Reyahi 15816 6
667 Taherkhani 15808 10
668 Anvari 15783 6
669 Zeaie 15710 5
670 Rahimian 15670 8
671 Yazdan 15637 6
672 Moradzadeh 15627 10
673 Manouchehri 15618 11
674 Ranjibari 15593 9
675 Rezvani 15576 7
676 Nasari 15549 6
677 Irani 15511 5
678 Hussein 15491 7
679 Ullah 15484 5
680 Saadi 15479 5
681 Hejazi 15467 6
682 Qomari 15442 6
683 Nami 15433 4
684 Rajaei 15412 6
685 Yadgari 15391 7
686 Sanchulli 15378 9
687 Akhundi 15372 7
688 Falahati 15371 8
689 Mousavian 15368 9
690 Malekzah 15362 8
691 Karam 15337 5
692 Mehr 15326 4
693 Erfani 15298 6
694 Rahimpour 15286 9
695 Qaide 15286 5
696 Herati 15266 6
697 Mousa 15238 5
698 Tabatabai 15217 9
699 Khalil 15205 6
700 Dasat 15197 5
701 Molavi 15194 6
702 Sayyad 15094 6
703 Enayati 15058 7
704 Nasrollahi 14989 10
705 Ghorban 14987 7
706 Arefi 14941 5
707 Zolfaghari 14922 10
708 Fahimi 14907 6
709 Habibzadeh 14816 10
710 Shaker 14795 6
711 Mirzadeh 14793 8
712 Kazemzadeh 14777 10
713 Farhani 14754 7
714 Kamal 14738 5
715 Sedghi 14718 6
716 Majid 14713 5
717 Amraei 14700 6
718 Qadere 14684 6
719 Khatami 14634 7
720 Sadaty 14632 6
721 Mafi 14596 4
722 Sarhadi 14501 7
723 Jani 14459 4
724 Movahedi 14430 8
725 Yousefpour 14420 10
726 Maqeme 14402 6
727 Haqi 14369 4
728 Hosseinian 14330 10
729 Al-boghbish 14312 11
730 Dadkhah 14307 7
731 Sajedi 14289 6
732 Minaei 14276 6
733 Samiei 14254 6
734 Fotouhi 14224 7
735 Khaksar 14212 7
736 Bostani 14180 7
737 Saffari 14149 7
738 Aali 14146 4
739 Gholamian 14135 9
740 Frootan 14095 7
741 Arjmand 14071 7
742 Nezami 14068 6
743 Fayazi 14048 6
744 Namdari 14006 7
745 Khodaie 13989 7
746 Kalateh 13970 7
747 Soleiman 13970 8
748 Zaheri 13917 6
749 Sergasi 13916 7
750 Amirian 13900 7
751 Behrouzi 13895 8
752 Nematollah 13890 10
753 Dalvand 13845 7
754 Monfared 13835 8
755 Qasemi 13826 6
756 Ramezanzadeh 13795 12
757 Koolivand 13775 9
758 Javanmard 13768 9
759 Turkman 13746 7
760 Beyk 13742 4
761 Razmi 13713 5
762 Taherian 13688 8
763 Momen 13656 5
764 Tohidi 13646 6
765 Aghazadeh 13640 9
766 Qasem 13634 5
767 Ghare 13623 5
768 Yousefian 13597 9
769 Zangi 13596 5
770 Mhabobe 13564 7
771 Reisi 13534 5
772 Lakzai 13524 6
773 Roozbehani 13524 10
774 Ebrahimian 13521 10
775 Hemmat 13510 6
776 Ghease 13491 6
777 Behnam 13475 6
778 Safarpour 13471 9
779 Farah 13443 5
780 Azari 13441 5
781 Kamrani 13431 7
782 Rahman 13391 6
783 Deliri 13386 6
784 Najaf 13376 5
785 Azizzadeh 13359 9
786 Kurdie 13344 6
787 Hasanwand 13336 9
788 Afkhami 13335 7
789 Gorji 13330 5
790 Esmaeilpour 13311 11
791 Ayoub 13257 5
792 Amjadi 13242 6
793 Roustai 13240 7
794 Sidi 13219 4
795 Ahmadvand 13201 9
796 Karamati 13169 8
797 Abdollahzadeh 13156 13
798 Farahi 13154 6
799 Soheili 13125 7
800 Salahi 13118 6
801 Be 13102 2
802 Qaisari 13090 7
803 Biglari 13084 7
804 Chakri 13039 6
805 Jamshid 13030 7
806 Farrokh 13013 7
807 Ghadiri 13002 7
808 Sarouri 12991 7
809 Sadeghpour 12975 10
810 Shirin 12975 6
811 Mohsen 12973 6
812 Khalaji 12968 7
813 Ghanbarzadeh 12957 12
814 Qaisi 12952 5
815 Omidvar 12931 7
816 Turki 12927 5
817 Koshki 12865 6
818 Lashkari 12858 8
819 Talaei 12858 6
820 Salarwand 12854 9
821 Zanadh 12817 6
822 Roustaei 12798 8
823 Fadaie 12760 6
824 Shirzadi 12758 8
825 Maryam 12751 6
826 Farase 12717 6
827 Faghih 12717 6
828 Heydarpour 12699 10
829 Sabahi 12681 6
830 Mahdian 12677 7
831 Ashraf 12667 6
832 Saremi 12660 6
833 Salame 12660 6
834 Fakhari 12641 7
835 Khanani 12641 7
836 Javidi 12638 6
837 Fatahi 12620 6
838 Sahebi 12618 6
839 Qarh 12582 4
840 Nikzad 12576 6
841 Namdar 12574 6
842 Abed 12570 4
843 Shahrokhi 12566 9
844 Ahangari 12554 8
845 Baghban 12547 7
846 Sharifzadeh 12521 11
847 Rajab 12506 5
848 Shirani 12506 7
849 Rashedi 12505 7
850 Aoz 12469 3
851 Azizpour 12441 8
852 Sanei 12431 5
853 Akbarpour 12430 9
854 Hashemian 12430 9
855 Vazefh 12416 6
856 Chamani 12382 7
857 Zohrabi 12381 7
858 Hadizadeh 12350 9
859 Parsaei 12341 7
860 Kian 12321 4
861 Bagherpour 12306 10
862 Nikpour 12278 7
863 Taj 12259 3
864 Vahid 12255 5
865 Nikkhah 12250 7
866 Hesami 12242 6
867 Khosravani 12234 10
868 Mullai 12232 6
869 Aaxare 12231 6
870 Mallahi 12227 7
871 Eini 12225 4
872 Azizian 12220 7
873 Barzegari 12214 9
874 Aeoze 12207 5
875 Rad 12197 3
876 Khajavi 12191 7
877 Delir 12186 5
878 Lashgari 12183 8
879 Sardari 12172 7
880 Adali 12143 5
881 Dalavari 12129 8
882 Javanmardi 12129 10
883 Reissi 12101 6
884 Ghibi 12085 5
885 Haqeqat 12044 7
886 Asadpour 12025 8
887 Shahin 12016 6
888 Shafi 12012 5
889 Gorgiyeh 11986 8
890 Kohistani 11966 9
891 Rahmat 11930 6
892 Taleb 11913 5
893 Khorsandi 11912 9
894 Qaime 11909 5
895 Gramei 11888 6
896 Shafai 11888 6
897 Moghimi 11876 7
898 Parvaneh 11867 8
899 Hage 11837 4
900 Hedayat 11835 7
901 Nourbakhsh 11817 10
902 Nobakht 11796 7
903 Khodaverdi 11791 10
904 Qaleh 11775 5
905 Jalal 11772 5
906 Haghashen 11757 9
907 Manafi 11754 6
908 Hassanneh 11749 9
909 Azadeh 11741 6
910 Nasser 11696 6
911 Bazyar 11688 6
912 Nadimi 11648 6
913 Norouz 11644 6
914 Mehdi 11644 5
915 Qaraee 11641 6
916 Niknam 11636 6
917 Pakdel 11633 6
918 Bahri 11626 5
919 Haghani 11602 7
920 Javari 11602 6
921 Iman 11601 4
922 Fard 11591 4
923 Burhani 11572 7
924 Qanoate 11551 7
925 Ahangar 11545 7
926 Norani 11538 6
927 Sabzi 11534 5
928 Darayi 11524 6
929 Haghighi 11516 8
930 Rastgou 11515 7
931 Kalhor 11492 6
932 Qadarate 11485 8
933 Esfahani 11469 8
934 Qaze 11468 4
935 Kashi 11443 5
936 Rafati 11400 6
937 Norouzian 11398 9
938 Jahanideh 11389 9
939 Baghbani 11365 8
940 Fateh 11356 5
941 Kashore 11327 7
942 Khalilzadeh 11321 11
943 Asghar 11303 6
944 Bahramian 11300 9
945 Zahra 11282 5
946 Jodaki 11277 6
947 Hashempour 11261 10
948 Damnia 11233 6
949 Zarghani 11233 8
950 Ismail 11231 6
951 Soltanian 11206 9
952 Morteza 11197 7
953 Haq 11182 3
954 Shayesteh 11159 9
955 Rostamzadeh 11154 11
956 Vafaee 11150 6
957 Ashoori 11144 7
958 Marvoti 11143 7
959 Dani 11113 4
960 Bahrampour 11113 10
961 Razm 11105 4
962 Ghadami 11094 7
963 Rajabzah 11090 8
964 Ghorbanian 11073 10
965 Bahreini 11042 8
966 Gadede 11022 6
967 Mohajeri 11021 8
968 Rhabar 11020 6
969 Haghighat 11002 9
970 Aabade 10998 6
971 Jahanshahi 10977 10
972 Sajjadian 10968 9
973 Khandan 10951 7
974 Mehrabani 10923 9
975 Shadman 10908 7
976 Grawand 10896 7
977 Omid 10894 4
978 Young 10883 5
979 Arbab 10865 5
980 Ganage 10839 6
981 Nabiza 10826 6
982 Naji 10825 4
983 Rasoul 10807 6
984 Hadipour 10807 8
985 Nabati 10798 6
986 Babakhani 10790 9
987 Morshedi 10785 8
988 Khada 10756 5
989 Tavana 10750 6
990 Borjie 10740 6
991 Safa 10738 4
992 Dehnavi 10715 7
993 Khalafi 10713 7
994 Khaki 10711 5
995 Salavati 10708 8
996 Iranpour 10684 8
997 Zamanian 10661 8
998 Dadgar 10660 6
999 Malmer 10638 6
1000 Nasrollah 10627 9

Discovering the Top Iranian Surnames

Iran is a country full of rich cultural diversity and its surnames bear witness to its historical and ethnic roots. The Persian language, which is the official language of Iran, has been the significant contributor to the development of most of the Iranian surnames. Interestingly, the majority of the Iranian surnames are patronymic, which means they are a reflection of the child's father or paternal family's name.

Exploring the Most Common Iranian Surnames

The Iranian surnames are diverse, and a few of their most common surnames can be traced back to ancient languages and traditions. For instance, the majority of the Iranian surnames end with the suffix -i, meaning from or of. Among the top commonly used surnames in Iran are:

  • Rezaei
  • Mohammadi
  • Gholami
  • Farahani
  • Naseri

Additionally, some of the most well-known surnames commonly used in Iran includes;

  • Kazemi
  • Hosseini
  • Ahmadi
  • Jafari
  • Salehi

Discovering the Cultural and Historical Roots of Iranian Surnames

The Iranian surnames have evolved from a mixture of ethnic and linguistic roots that reflect the country's cultural identity. Various Iranian surnames have their origins from Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, and other ancient Persian languages. Several Iranian surnames are testimony to the country's regional and geographical influence.

For instance, some surnames such as Ahmadi, meaning belonging to Ahmadi, has its origin from the Arabic language, while some such as Kazemi have a Persian background and signify historical clerics' lineage belonging to the region around the city of Qazvin in Iran. The surname Rezaei has long-standing religious significance, and it pertains to those who are Shia Muslims and followers of Imam Reza.

Exploring the Significance of Iranian Patronymic Surnames

Patronymic surnames, also known as father's names, are the most commonly used Iranian surnames. These surnames are passed down generation to generation and, they reflect the child's paternal lineage. In Iranian tradition, the father's name carries significant importance. As a result, Iranian surnames reflect the father's name and determine the child's social status and cultural identity.

Patronymic surnames have been an inseparable part of Iranian history and culture. They act as a link to their ancestors and serve as a symbol of pride, and they are critical to family traditions and cultural values.

Conclusion

The Iranian surnames have evolved over many years, and they are a testament to their historical, cultural and regional roots. The majority of the Iranian surnames are patronymic, and they carry significant importance in Iranian culture. These surnames serve as a link to their ancestors and help to preserve the country's history and traditions.

The most commonly used Iranian surnames reflect the country's rich cultural diversity, ethnic roots, and linguistic origins. By exploring the significance of Iranian surnames, we can learn more about the country's history, culture, and geographical influences.