# Vartanian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vartanian/  
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) | 2,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,599 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 151,420 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (1,921 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Armenian Վարդանյան (Vardanyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vartanian 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vartanian in Armenia and the Ottoman Empire.

## People named Vartanian

- Varduhi Vardanyan, Armenian pop singer (1976–2006)
- Sose Mayrig, Armenian fedayee
- Harutyun Vardanyan, association football player from Armenia
- Aghvan Vardanyan, Armenian politician, journalist and contributing editor
- Norayr Vardanyan, Armenian weightlifter

## Similar surnames

Vardanyan, Verdin, Virden.

## 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.