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An Armenian surname most commonly rendered Arakelyan or Arakelian. Due to Armenians adopting surnames recently the surname is found with a number of other suffixes, including Arakeloglu (Turkish), Arakelov (Russian). Arakelyan is a patronymic surname, adopted from the name of a male ancestor, Arakel.
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An Armenian surname most commonly rendered Arakelyan or Arakelian. Due to Armenians adopting surnames recently the surname is found with a number of other suffixes, including Arakeloglu (Turkish), Arakelov (Russian). Arakelyan is a patronymic surname, adopted from the name of a male ancestor, Arakel.
Arakel is a Biblical name, one of the fallen angels and it means 'earth god'.
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