Arakelyan Surname

13,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,078 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Arakelyan 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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Arakelyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia28,7351:10219
Russia11,1941:12,8751,784
United States5371:674,97053,756
Georgia2171:17,2613,332
Kazakhstan1871:94,55910,665
Belarus1871:50,8088,700
France1521:436,99263,144
Spain1511:309,61618,455
Turkmenistan1481:37,089692
Uzbekistan1471:210,4027,541
Israel701:122,25213,395
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Bulgaria361:193,85810,651
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Turkey221:3,537,33793,247
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Azerbaijan191:507,8499,707
Greece171:651,75273,285
England171:3,277,533109,658
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Finland101:549,67032,186
Abkhazia101:24,2862,078
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Malta41:107,5681,849
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Ossetia11:53,4321,287
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Arakelyan 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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Arakelyan Last Name Facts

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

Arakelyan (Georgian: არაკელიან, Russian: Аракелян) is borne by more people in Armenia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Arakelyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Arakelyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 13,294th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 173,191 people. Arakelyan is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Arakelyan reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 68 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia.

The surname Arakelyan is most frequently held in Armenia, where it is carried by 28,735 people, or 1 in 102. In Armenia Arakelyan is most prevalent in: Yerevan, where 31 percent live, Kotayk Province, where 10 percent live and Ararat Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Armenia this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Arakelyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Arakelyan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arakelyan surname grew 53,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Arakelyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Arakelyan are 17.65% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 64.42% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Arakelyan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.07% less than the national average, earning $37,509 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.31% more than the national average, earning $51,822 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Arakelyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arakelyan in the Georgian language
არაკელიანarakelian69.86
არაკელიანიarakeliani30.14
Arakelyan in the Russian language
Аракелянarakelan-

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