Karapetyan Surname

8,138th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Karapetyan Surname User-submission:

The Karapetyan surname has Armenian origin, it means 'man who is eading, guiding'.

Karapetyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia48,7551:6010
Russia15,3351:9,3981,264
Georgia2,8651:1,307143
United States1,1081:327,12929,706
Kazakhstan3541:49,9516,420
Spain2831:165,20211,919
Belarus2691:35,3206,115
Uzbekistan2341:132,1766,834
Turkmenistan1021:53,8151,031
Belgium881:130,64418,923
Greece781:142,04923,538
Israel481:178,28417,874
Sweden471:209,50514,512
Canada471:783,94961,790
Transnistria351:13,5632,609
Abkhazia321:7,5901,172
France291:2,290,439180,028
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Azerbaijan281:344,6127,537
England191:2,932,529101,561
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Kyrgyzstan141:426,61834,019
Moldova141:254,38322,033
Bulgaria101:697,89027,590
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China21:683,660,78330,601
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Karapetyan (11) may also be a first name.

Karapetyan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Karapetyan surname has Armenian origin, it means 'man who is eading, guiding'.

- mariamka9

Karapetyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karapetyan (Arabic: كارابيتيان, Georgian: კარაპეტიანი, Russian: Карапетян) occurs more in Armenia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karapetyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karapetyan is the 8,138th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 104,236 people. The last name Karapetyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Karapetyan reside; 74 percent reside in West Asia and 70 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Karapetyan is most frequently used in Armenia, where it is carried by 48,755 people, or 1 in 60. In Armenia it is most frequent in: Yerevan, where 36 percent live, Armavir Province, where 11 percent live and Ararat Province, where 10 percent live. Outside of Armenia this surname occurs in 54 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 22 percent live and Georgia, where 4 percent live.

Karapetyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Georgia, Orthodox (93%) in Russia, Orthodox (58%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (96%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Karapetyan last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 56.7% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Karapetyan earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.14% more than the national average, earning $43,209 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.61% less than the national average, earning $47,889 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karapetyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karapetyan in the Georgian language
კარაპეტიანიkarapetiani59.18
კარაპეტიანkarapetian40.82
Karapetyan in the Russian language
Карапетянkarapetan-
Karapetyan in the Arabic language
كارابيتيانkarabytyan-

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