# Hovhannisyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hovhannisyan/  
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 Johnson.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 637 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,345 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 484,687 people |
| Change since 2000 | +398% (128 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hovhannisian, Hovannisyan, Hovannisian |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (Hovhannisyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hovhannisyan 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% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hovhannisyan in Armenia, the Soviet Union, the Ottoman Empire and the United States.

## People named Hovhannisyan

- Kamo Hovhannisyan, Armenian footballer
- Robert Hovhannisyan, Armenian chess player
- Arman Hovhannisyan, Armenian association football player
- Artur Hovhannisyan, boxer
- Lilit Hovhannisyan, Armenian singer
- Nazeni Hovhannisyan, Armenian actress, TV anchor and lecturer
- Benik Hovhannisyan, association football player
- Nerses Hovhannisyan, Armenian screenwriter, actor and film director (1938-2016)
- Zabel Yesayan, Armenian writer (1878–1943)
- Khoren Oganesian, Armenian footballer (born 1955)
- Diana Der Hovanessian, Armenian American poet, translator, and author (1934-2018)
- Hovhannes Hovhannisian, Armenian poet

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Havens, Hofmeister, Hufnagel, Hoffmeister, Hoffmaster, Heffington, Hopping, Huffines, Hovanec, Hobbins, Hebenstreit.

## 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.