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    The surname Markarian

    An Armenian surname, carried by 1,775 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M626

    Markarian: #16,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Markarian #16,254, 1,775 people Markarian: #16,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Markarian #16,254, 1,775 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markarian is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    Armenian origin

    Borrowed from Armenian Մարգարյան (Margaryan).

    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 1,775 people named Markarian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,941 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

    #16,254
    rank among US surnames
    1,775
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,247Haddon1,777173,745
    #16,250Saxe1,776173,843
    #16,254Ashcroft1,775173,941
    #16,261Kinkead1,774174,039

    Who is named Markarian

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

    94% of people named Markarian identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Markarian

    Markarian has the Soundex code M626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M626.

    Other Armenian surnames

    All 47 Armenian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Markarian come from?
    Borrowed from Armenian Մարգարյան (Margaryan).
    How common is the surname Markarian?
    1,775 people in the United States had the surname Markarian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,941 Americans. It ranked 16,254th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markarian?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Markarian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Markarian getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,775 in 2010, up 9.9%.