Sahakyan Surname

15,932nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Sahakyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sahakyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia33,6631:8717
Russia4591:313,99431,822
United States3081:1,176,81584,096
France1211:548,94874,759
Lebanon1201:46,9764,005
Greece631:175,87028,388
Bulgaria371:188,61910,418
Turkey331:2,358,22575,877
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Sweden201:492,33835,486
England181:3,095,448105,421
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Georgia121:312,12914,385
Austria91:946,15970,786
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Sahakyán (1) are calculated separately.

Sahakyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sahakyan (Georgian: საჰაკიან) is found in Armenia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Sahakyán. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sahakyan? popularity and diffusion

Sahakyan is the 15,932nd most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 208,281 people. Sahakyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sahakyan are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.

The last name Sahakyan is most frequently occurring in Armenia, where it is carried by 33,663 people, or 1 in 87. In Armenia Sahakyan is mostly found in: Yerevan, where 32 percent reside, Armavir Province, where 10 percent reside and Ararat Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Armenia it occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Sahakyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sahakyan surname is primarily Orthodox (93%) in Russia and Armenian Apostolic (92%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Sahakyan are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 31.82% registered with the political party.

Sahakyan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.59% less than the national average, earning $35,989 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sahakyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sahakyan in the Georgian language
საჰაკიანsahakian-

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Footnotes

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