# Avakian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/avakian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Armenian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,243 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,119 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 248,387 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (1,146 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Avagian, Avagyan |

## Etymology

From Armenian Ավագյան (Avagyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Avakian in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Avakian in the United States.

## People named Avakian

- Bob Avakian, American communist leader (1943-)
- George Avakian, American record producer of Armenian descent (1919–2017)
- Aram Avakian, American film director, screenwriter and film editor (1926–1987)

## Similar surnames

Aubuchon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.