Arakelian Surname

117,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Arakelian Surname User-submission:

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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Arakelian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6641:217,82421,189
Ukraine9321:48,8447,071
France5311:125,09019,016
Brazil1301:1,646,72654,203
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
Greece1011:109,70118,447
Canada691:533,99444,923
Uruguay561:61,2816,605
Australia461:586,86342,409
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Lebanon211:268,4339,626
England171:3,277,533109,658
Belgium161:718,54060,840
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Georgia121:312,12914,385
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Arakélian (3) are calculated separately.

Arakelian Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

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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This surname comes from the Armenian word arakel, meaning 'prophet', and a standard ending of the Armenian surnames -ian or -yan, meaning 'child of'.

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Arakelian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arakelian Come From? nationality or country of origin

Arakelian (Russian: Аракелиан) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Arakélian. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Arakelian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arakelian is the 117,015th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,851,040 people. The surname Arakelian occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Arakelian reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,664 people, or 1 in 217,824. In The United States Arakelian is primarily found in: California, where 48 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 24 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.

Arakelian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Arakelian has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 41,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Arakelian Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Arakelian surname is predominantly Christian (60%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Arakelian last name are 11.16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.39% being registered with the political party.

The amount Arakelian earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.22% more than the national average, earning $49,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.53% more than the national average, earning $54,914 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Arakelian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arakelian in the Russian language
Аракелианarakelian-

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