Zarabi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ضرابی (Zarrâbi), "master of the mint", from Persian ضرابخانه (zarrâb-xâne, “mint”).

Proper noun

Zarabi (plural Zarabis)

1. A surname from Persian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zarabi is the 113155^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 155 individuals. Zarabi is most common among White (80.65%) and Mixed Race (10.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zarabi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Abbas Aryanpur Kashani, Manoocher Aryanpur Kashani (1980) The Concise English-Persian Dictionary, Tehran: AmirKabir Publishing Corp., →ISBN