Grigoryan Surname

4,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Grigoryan Surname User-submission:

(Armenian) The son of Grigor, which is Gregory (from Greek Grigorios, 'watchful', 'observant').

Grigoryan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia83,7461:351
Russia37,5631:3,837436
Georgia4,0771:91972
United States1,7241:210,24320,562
Uzbekistan1,4421:21,4493,201
Turkmenistan6861:8,002550
Kazakhstan6631:26,6703,737
Belarus5731:16,5812,693
Spain4221:110,7878,802
Iran2301:333,83722,738
France2011:330,46149,960
Israel1301:65,8288,216
Azerbaijan1231:78,4482,996
Greece1061:104,52617,585
Belgium871:132,14519,103
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Estonia731:18,1073,073
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Canada521:708,56956,910
England411:1,358,97760,528
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Abkhazia301:8,0961,208
Kyrgyzstan271:221,20921,355
Moldova251:142,45515,214
South Ossetia211:2,544453
Bulgaria201:348,94517,019
Tajikistan161:524,1683,647
Austria151:567,69652,281
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
China41:341,830,39216,990
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Grigoryan (33) may also be a first name.

Grigoryan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Armenian) The son of Grigor, which is Gregory (from Greek Grigorios, 'watchful', 'observant').

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Grigoryan Last Name Facts

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

Grigoryan (Georgian: გრიგორიანი, Russian: Григорян) occurs most in Armenia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigoryan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,251st most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 55,031 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Grigoryan live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Armeno-West Asia. Grigoryan is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 33 people.

Grigoryan is the most frequent surname in one country:Armenia, where 63 percent are found. It is most widespread in Armenia, where it is borne by 83,746 people, or 1 in 35. In Armenia Grigoryan is mostly found in: Yerevan, where 35 percent are found, Ararat Province, where 9 percent are found and Armavir Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Armenia this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 28 percent are found and Georgia, where 3 percent are found.

Grigoryan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Grigoryan surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Georgia, Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Orthodox (85%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan, Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine and Orthodox (100%) in Uzbekistan.

In The United States those bearing the Grigoryan surname are 15.42% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 62.19% registered with the political party.

The amount Grigoryan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 34.93% less than the national average, earning 225,201 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.28% less than the national average, earning $41,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $50,970 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grigoryan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grigoryan in the Georgian language
გრიგორიანიgrigoriani63.06
გრიგორიანgrigorian36.94
Grigoryan in the Russian language
Григорянgrigoran-

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