Arakilyan Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Arakilyan 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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Arakilyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon381:148,3447,289
Turkey351:2,223,46973,459
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Arakilyan 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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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

Arakilyan Demographics

Arakilyan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 20 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Arakilyan Last Name Facts

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

Arakilyan (Russian: Аракилян) is most common in Lebanon. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arakilyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arakilyan is the 1,736,881st most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. Arakilyan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Arakilyan reside; 35 percent reside in West Asia and 34 percent reside in Levant.

This surname is most numerous in Lebanon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 148,344. In Lebanon it is most frequent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 97 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 3 percent live. Not including Lebanon it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 32 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.

Arakilyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Arakilyan surname is principally Armenian Apostolic (85%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Araakilyan951/
Arakelyan8942,078/
Arakilian89247/
Ayrakelyan842/
Arakeylyan841/
Arakkelyan841/
Arakelan8242/
Arakelian783,937/
Araqelyan782,803/
Arakylian7825/
Arekelyan789/
Arakélian783/
Arokelyan782/
Arakelean781/
Arakelgan781/
Arakkelian742/
Aragkelian741/
Erakulan714/
Arekelian677/
Arakeliam673/
Araqelian673/
Arakelion673/
Arakelain672/
Aracelian671/
Araquelian6314/
Arachelian6314/
Arachelean6312/
Oraculan591/
Oreakelam564/
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Arakilyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arakilyan in the Russian language
Аракилянarakilan-

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