# Hakobyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hakobyan/  
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 Jacobs or Jacobson.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 786 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,878 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 392,806 people |
| Change since 2000 | +394% (159 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hakobian, Agopyan, Agopian, Hagopian, Hagopyan, Hakopyan, Hakopian, Akopyan, Akopian, Akobian |

## Etymology

From Armenian Հակոբյան (Hakobyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hakobyan 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) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hakobyan in Armenia, the Soviet Union, Republic of Artsakh and the Ottoman Empire.

## People named Hakobyan

- Andranik Hakobyan, Armenian boxer
- Hakob Hakobyan, Armenian poet (1866-1937)
- Anna Hakobyan, Armenian journalist
- Hakob Hakobyan, Armenian artist (1923-2013)
- Ara Hakobyan, Armenian association football player
- Aram Hakobyan, Armenian footballer
- Harutyun Hakobyan, Armenian illusionist and actor (1918-2005)
- Hranush Hakobyan, Armenian politician
- Felix Hakobyan, Armenian footballer
- Silva Hakobyan, Armenian singer
- Vladimir Akopian, Armenian-American chess player
- Hayko, Armenian singer (1973–2021)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Husband, Hagopian, Husbands.

## 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.