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    The surname Boyajian

    An Armenian surname, carried by 1,168 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex B250

    Boyajian: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boyajian #22,131, 1,168 people Boyajian: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boyajian #22,131, 1,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyajian is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Armenian origin

    Variant of Boyajyan.

    One of 47 Armenian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,168 people named Boyajian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,235.

    #22,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,168
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Boyajian

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Boyajian identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boyajians

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tabetha S. Boyajian
      American astronomer, born 1980
    • Zabelle Boyajian
      Armenian artist (1873–1957)

    Notable Boyajians come mostly from the United States (1) and the Ottoman Empire (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boyajian

    Boyajian has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Other Armenian surnames

    All 47 Armenian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boyajian come from?
    Variant of Boyajyan.
    How common is the surname Boyajian?
    1,168 people in the United States had the surname Boyajian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. It ranked 22,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boyajian?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Boyajian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Boyajian?
    Tabetha S. Boyajian, American astronomer, followed by Zabelle Boyajian.
    Where is the surname Boyajian most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boyajian in the United States and the Ottoman Empire.
    Is the surname Boyajian getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,168 in 2010, down 5.4%.