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    The surname Sarkissian

    A surname, carried by 1,443 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S622

    Sarkissian: #18,918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sarkissian #18,918, 1,443 people Sarkissian: #18,918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sarkissian #18,918, 1,443 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sarkissian is more common than 88.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,443 people named Sarkissian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,961 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,231.

    #18,918
    rank among US surnames
    1,443
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,138)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,910Haver1,444213,813
    #18,918Asare1,443213,961

    Who is named Sarkissian

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Sarkissian identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sarkissian

    Sarkissian has the Soundex code S622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S622.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sarkissian?
    1,443 people in the United States had the surname Sarkissian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,961 Americans. It ranked 18,918th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sarkissian?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sarkissian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sarkissian getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,443 in 2010, up 17%.