How common is the surname Hovsepian?

1,060 people in the United States had the surname Hovsepian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hovsepian?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hovsepian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hovsepian?

Sargis Hovsepyan, Armenian footballer, followed by Rumyan Hovsepyan.

Where is the surname Hovsepian most common?

Wikidata records people named Hovsepian in the Soviet Union and Armenia.

Is the surname Hovsepian getting more or less common?

More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Hovsepian

An Armenian surname, carried by 1,060 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex H121

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hovsepian is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

Armenian origin

Variant of Hovsepyan.

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 1,060 people named Hovsepian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 861.

#23,837

rank among US surnames

1,060

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+23.1%

change since 2000 (was #26,614)

Who is named Hovsepian

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

94% of people named Hovsepian identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.7%

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 Hovsepians

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sargis Hovsepyan
Armenian footballer, born 1972
Rumyan Hovsepyan
Armenian footballer, born 1991
Ruben Hovsepyan
Armenian politician, writer and translator (1939–2016)

Notable Hovsepians come mostly from the Soviet Union (2) and Armenia (1).

Other Armenian surnames

All 47 Armenian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hovsepian come from?: Variant of Hovsepyan.
How common is the surname Hovsepian?: 1,060 people in the United States had the surname Hovsepian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hovsepian?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hovsepian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hovsepian?: Sargis Hovsepyan, Armenian footballer, followed by Rumyan Hovsepyan.
Where is the surname Hovsepian most common?: Wikidata records people named Hovsepian in the Soviet Union and Armenia.
Is the surname Hovsepian getting more or less common?: More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 23%.