# Martirosyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/martirosyan/  
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) | 813 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,138 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 379,761 people |
| Change since 2000 | +74% (468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Martirosian, Martirossian, Mardirosyan, Mardirosian, Mardirossian, Marderosian |

## Etymology

From Armenian Մարտիրոսյան (Martirosyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Martirosyan 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) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Martirosyan in Armenia, the United States, the Soviet Union and Austria.

## People named Martirosyan

- Simon Martirosyan, Armenian weightlifter
- Tigran Vardan Martirosyan, Armenian weightlifter
- Garik Martirosyan, Armenian comedian
- Vanes Martirosyan, Armenian-American boxer
- Haik Martirosyan, Armenian chess player
- Armen Martirosyan, Armenian triple jumper
- Amasi Martirosyan, actor, film director and screenwriter (1897-1971)
- Vahram Martirosyan, Armenian writer, screenwriter and journalist
- Sargis Martirosjan, Austrian weightlifter

## Similar surnames

Martir, Martorana, Martorano, Merriweather, Meriwether, Marder.

## 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.