How common is the surname Khachatryan?

1,078 people in the United States had the surname Khachatryan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Khachatryan?

Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist, followed by Rafik Khachatryan.

Where is the surname Khachatryan most common?

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

Is the surname Khachatryan getting more or less common?

More common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 84%.

What are other spellings of Khachatryan?

Khachatrian, Khachaturian, Khachaturyan, Hachatoorian and Kachadourian.

The surname Khachatryan

An Armenian surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khachatryan is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

Armenian origin

Borrowed from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan).

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 1,078 people named Khachatryan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 585.

#23,555

rank among US surnames

1,078

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+84.3%

change since 2000 (was #36,189)

Who is named Khachatryan

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

98% of people named Khachatryan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Khachatryans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sergey Khachatryan
Armenian violinist, born 1985
Rafik Khachatryan
Armenian artist (1937–1993)
Harutyun Khachatryan
Armenian film director, born 1955
Suren Khachatryan
Armenian politician, born 1956

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Khachatrian
Khachaturian
Khachaturyan
Hachatoorian
Kachadourian

Khachatryan has the Soundex code K236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K236.

Other Armenian surnames

All 47 Armenian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Khachatryan come from?: Borrowed from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan).
How common is the surname Khachatryan?: 1,078 people in the United States had the surname Khachatryan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Khachatryan?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Khachatryan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Khachatryan?: Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist, followed by Rafik Khachatryan.
Where is the surname Khachatryan most common?: Wikidata records people named Khachatryan in the Soviet Union and Armenia.
Is the surname Khachatryan getting more or less common?: More common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 84%.
What are other spellings of Khachatryan?: Khachatrian, Khachaturian, Khachaturyan, Hachatoorian and Kachadourian.