Hakobyan Surname

8,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Hakobyan Surname User-submission:

From the personal name Hagop (Jacob or Jack) and the -ian suffix (-yan for Eastern Armenians) is a remains from the patronymic system. Hence Agopian means 'son of Jacob'.

Hakobyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia67,5091:436
Russia7641:188,64320,991
United States5721:633,66951,045
Spain3371:138,73010,439
France1421:467,76666,487
Georgia1311:28,5924,561
Lebanon1201:46,9764,005
Belgium921:124,96418,228
Sweden471:209,50514,512
Greece421:263,80539,714
Canada401:921,14070,350
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Belarus181:527,83748,523
England161:3,482,379114,324
Austria111:774,13064,097
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
China51:273,464,31313,838
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Hakobyan (12) may also be a first name.

Hakobyan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the personal name Hagop (Jacob or Jack) and the -ian suffix (-yan for Eastern Armenians) is a remains from the patronymic system. Hence Agopian means 'son of Jacob'.

- geimvera

Hakobyan Last Name Facts

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

Hakobyan (Arabic: هاكوبيان, Georgian: ჰაკობიან) occurs in Armenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hakobyan? popularity and diffusion

Hakobyan is the 8,129th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 104,087 people. The surname Hakobyan is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Hakobyan reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 12 people.

Hakobyan is most frequently occurring in Armenia, where it is borne by 67,509 people, or 1 in 43. In Armenia it is mostly concentrated in: Yerevan, where 34 percent reside, Armavir Province, where 10 percent reside and Ararat Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Armenia this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Hakobyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Hakobyan surname is primarily Orthodox (78%) in Russia and Armenian Apostolic (76%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Hakobyan last name are 0.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 47.06% registered to vote for the political party.

Hakobyan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.06% less than the national average, earning $37,082 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hakobyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hakobyan in the Georgian language
ჰაკობიანhakobian97.1
ჰაკობიანიhakobiani2.9
Hakobyan in the Arabic language
هاكوبيانhakwbyan-

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