Kazemi

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from an Arabic name denoting a follower of Musa alKazim (died 1183), the seventh imam of the Shiite Muslims, who is revered as a saint

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

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

rarermore common
  • IRIran≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 123K
  • USUnited States1 in 409K

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.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from an Arabic name denoting a follower of Musa alKazim (died 1183), the seventh imam of the Shiite Muslims, who is revered as a saint. Kdzim means ‘one who controls his anger’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kazemi 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 Kazemi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#281≈16,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K1Kazemi13
IR Iran—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 32K—Kazemi78
US United States—8131 in 409K1KKazemi200
DE Germany—≈650 est.≈1 in 123K—Kazemi80
SE Sweden—3561 in 29K356Kazemi32
NO Norway—2101 in 26K210Kazemi12
AT Austria—≈120 est.≈1 in 74K—Kazemi26

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); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

Kazemi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Kâzemi, Kazémi, Kāzemi, Kāẓemī

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Iran, United States, Canada

    Also written Kazémi

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Ķăżêmī

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Iran, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Каземи, Каземі

31 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)

1850190019502000Bagher Kazemi, b. 1892Zahra Kazemi, b. 1948Ahmad Kazemi, b. 1958Farhad Kazemi, b. 1959Mohammad Kazemi, b. 1961Alireza Kazemi, b. 1965Ahad Kazemi, b. 1975Mehdi Kazemi, b. 1989Arsalan Kazemi, b. 1990Saber Kazemi, b. 1998

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 Kazemi,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Kazemi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201K#25,049
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010813#29,138
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000593#35,797
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—356#2,530
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—210#7,522
AF AfghanistanWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#164
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

Where does the name Kazemi come from?
from an Arabic name denoting a follower of Musa alKazim (died 1183), the seventh imam of the Shiite Muslims, who is revered as a saint. Kdzim means ‘one who controls his anger’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kazemi?
A machine transcription gives /kəzmi/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Kazemi mean?
Recorded meaning: from an Arabic name denoting a follower of Musa alKazim (died 1183), the seventh imam of the Shiite Muslims, who is revered as a saint.
In which country does Kazemi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Kazemi in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kazemi.
How common is the name Kazemi?
In the United States, the national register counted 813 people named Kazemi in 2010, about 1 in 409 thousand residents.
How common is Kazemi compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Kazemi is the 281st most common surname of 11,723 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Kazemi” — the 281st most common surname in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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