# Grigoryan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grigoryan/  
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, equivalent to English Gregson.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,937 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 159,394 people |
| Change since 2000 | +100% (969 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grigoryan 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grigoryan in Armenia and Russia.

## People named Grigoryan

- Narek Grigoryan, Armenian footballer (born 2001)
- Stella Grigoryan, Armenian sculptor, painter
- Serob Grigoryan, Armenian-Russian association football player

## Similar surnames

Gregory, Gregor, Grigorian, Gregoire, Gregorio, Grizzard, Gregerson, Grasser, Garciahernande, Grieser, Greger, Gregorich.

## 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.