# Sarafian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sarafian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 410 |
| US rank (2010) | 50,851 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 753,038 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (403 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sarafian 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sarafian in the United States, Belgium and France.

## People named Sarafian

- Richard C. Sarafian, American film director (1930-2013)
- Barbara Sarafian, Belgian actress (born 1968)
- Nigoghos Sarafian, Armenian writer and poet
- Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress

## Similar surnames

Serafin, Servin, Scribner, Scrivner, Scriven, Servantes, Serafini, Skirvin, Serbin, Schraufnagel.

## 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.