# Sargsyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sargsyan/  
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) | 1,117 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,906 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 276,406 people |
| Change since 2000 | +232% (336 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sargsian, Sargssian, Sarkisyan, Sarkisian, Sarkissian, Sarkeesian |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Սարգսյան (Sargsyan), from Սարգիս (Sargis) + -յան (-yan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sargsyan 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% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sargsyan in Armenia, the Soviet Union and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

## People named Sargsyan

- Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
- Tigran Sargsyan, Armenian economist and politician
- Aram Sargsyan, Armenian political figure (born 1961)
- Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (1929–2013)
- Anna M. Sargsyan, Armenian chess player
- Arsen Sargsyan, Armenian long jumper
- Fadey Sargsyan, Armenian scientist (1923–2010)
- Vigen Sargsyan, Armenian politician
- Shant Sargsyan, Armenian chess player
- Gagik Sargsyan, Armenian historian (1926–1998)
- Vladimir Sargsyan, Armenian scientist
- Armen Sarkissian, 4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sargent, Sargeant, Saraceno, Scroggins, Sergent, Sergeant, Schrecengost, Sorkin, Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenegger.

## 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.