Yazdani

surname · Latin script

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

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

Yazdani is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Persian یزدانی (yazdâni).

rarermore common
  • IRIran≈1 in 73K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 421K
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 7.7K

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)

≈4,700 people, est.

Sources
186 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Persian یزدانی (yazdâni).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yazdani 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 Yazdani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan≈4,700 est.≈1 in 7.7K—Yazdani6
PK Pakistan≈2,800 est.≈1 in 83K—Yazdani29
CN China≈1,700 est.≈1 in 830K—Yazdani4
IR Iran≈1,200 est.≈1 in 73K—Yazdani51
US United States7911 in 421K998Yazdani186
SE Sweden1631 in 63K163Yazdani14
NO Norway761 in 72K76—7

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); 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)

Yazdani is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Iran

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Yazdānī

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Yazdānī, Yazdá̄ní̄

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iran, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yazdānī

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Iran

    Also written Yazdānī

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States

    Also written Yazdānī

38 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)

19701980199020002010Reza Yazdani, b. 1973Kaveh Yazdani, b. 1981Reza Yazdani, b. 1984Nuri Yazdani, b. 1984Farid Yazdani, b. 1990Siavash Yazdani, b. 1992Yaghoub Yazdani, b. 2000Ali Yazdani, b. 2003

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 Yazdani,
InformalHi Yazdani,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Yazdani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020998#25,839
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010791#29,740
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000607#35,153
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—163#4,904
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—76#19,356
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

What does the name Yazdani mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Persian یزدانی (yazdâni). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Yazdani?
A machine transcription gives /iæzdɑni/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Yazdani have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 thousand people named Yazdani in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yazdani.
How common is the name Yazdani?
In the United States, the national register counted 791 people named Yazdani in 2010, about 1 in 421 thousand 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, “Yazdani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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