# Mkrtchyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mkrtchyan/  
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) | 896 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,042 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 344,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | +72% (520 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mkrtchian, Mkrtichian, Mgrdichian, Mgrdchian |

## Etymology

From Armenian Մկրտչյան (Mkrtčʻyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mkrtchyan 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

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

## People named Mkrtchyan

- Karlen Mkrtchyan, Armenian association football player
- Susanna Mkrtchyan, Armenian Wikimedian
- Albert Mkrtchyan, Armenian film director (1937-2018)
- Arthur Mkrtchyan, Armenian footballer
- Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Armenian footballer (born 1981)
- Levon Mkrtchyan, Armenian film director
- Lilit Mkrtchian, Armenian chess player

## Similar surnames

McCarthy, McCarty, McGrath, McCord, McCartney, McArthur, McCurdy, McCarter, McWhorter, Maggard, McArdle, McCready.

## 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.