# Karapetyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/karapetyan/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,260 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,910 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 245,036 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (778 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Karapetian |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Կարապետյան (Karapetyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Karapetyan 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Karapetyan in Armenia, the United States, the Soviet Union and Russia.

## People named Karapetyan

- Samvel Karapetyan, Armenian historian (1961-2020)
- Sergo Karapetyan, Armenian politician (1948-2021)
- Elmira Karapetyan, Armenian sports shooter
- Harut Karapetyan, Armenian footballer
- Arshak Karapetyan, Armenian military personnel
- Ferdinand Karapetian, Armenian judoka

## Similar surnames

Kraft, Kravitz, Krafft, Kravetz, Kreft, Kravets, Kroft.

## 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.