# Ohanian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ohanian/  
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) | 1,210 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,568 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 255,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (1,013 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ohanyan |

## Etymology

From Armenian Օհանյան (Ōhanyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ohanian 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ohanian in the United States, Mexico and Armenia.

## People named Ohanian

- Armen Ohanian, Armenian dancer, actor and writer (1887–1976)
- Alexis Ohanian, American businessman
- Mike Connors, American actor (1925–2017)
- Seyran Ohanyan, Armenian politician and general

## Similar surnames

Ohman, Oman, Onan.

## 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.