Darvish

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dɑːvɪʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Darvish is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iran than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 162K
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 210K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Iran (inferred from the name graph)

≈300 people, est.

Sources
190 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 162K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Darvish counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Darvish is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IR Iran≈300 est.≈1 in 279K—Darvish35
US United States2631 in 1.3M333Darvish190
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 590K—Darvish50
DE Germany≈92 est.≈1 in 875K—Darvish40
CA Canada≈69 est.≈1 in 543K—Darvish39
SE Sweden631 in 162K63Darvish12
IL Israel≈41 est.≈1 in 210K—Darvish20
AT Austria≈26 est.≈1 in 346K—Darvish8
DK Denmark141 in 419K14——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Darvish is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iran, Syria, Türkiye

    Also written Dâřvîšh, Darvīsh

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Iran, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Darvīsh

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Darvīsh

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iran, Colombia, United Kingdom

    Also written Darvīsh

  • Russian surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Syria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Дарвиш, Дарвіш, Darwish, Darwich, Дарвишь

  • Hebrew surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States

    Also written Darṿish

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Jahangir Darvish, b. 1933Ahmad Reza Darvish, b. 1961Ida Darvish, b. 1975Yu Darvish, b. 1986Arman Darvish, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Darvish,
InformalHi Darvish,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Darvish
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020333#64,521
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010263#73,666
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000241#74,675
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—63#10,502
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—14#30,896
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Darvish?
A machine transcription gives /dɑːvɪʃ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Darvish have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 304 people named Darvish in Iran, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled darvish.
Where is Darvish most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Darvish is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 162 thousand people — even though Iran holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Darvish?
In the United States, the national register counted 263 people named Darvish in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Darvish”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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