# Sarkisian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sarkisian/  
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) | 1,833 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,871 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 168,437 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,602 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Sargsyan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sarkisian 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sarkisian in the United States.

## People named Sarkisian

- Cher, American musician, singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)

## Similar surnames

Sarkissian, Sarkis, Saragosa, Siragusa, Siracusa, Syracuse.

## 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.