Explore the Family Name Bagdasarian

The meaning of Bagdasarian

Armenian: variant of Baghdasarian, found mainly in the US. Some characteristic forenames: Armenian Ara, Aram, Armen, Sarkis, Vahan, Andranik, Antranig, Antranik, Araik, Armine, Bagdasar, Diran.

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How common is the last name Bagdasarian in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bagdasarian has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 38,644 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had risen to 38,389, representing a change of 0.66%. The number of individuals with this surname also increased during this period; from 538 in 2000 to 577 in 2010, demonstrating a growth rate of 7.25%. However, the proportion per 100k remained stable at 0.2 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,644	#38,389	0.66%
Count	538	577	7.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.2	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bagdasarian

Looking at the ethnicity associated with the surname Bagdasarian using the Decennial U.S. Census data, we can observe some changes between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of people identifying as White grew slightly from 93.49% to 95.15%, indicating an increase of 1.78%. Meanwhile, there was a notable increase in those who identified as Hispanic, rising by 67.74% from 1.86% to 3.12%. Individuals who identified with two or more races made up 4.28% of the total in 2000, but this category dropped to 0% in 2010. There was a small emergence of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, whereas none were recorded in 2000. No change was reported for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities during the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.49%	95.15%	1.78%
Hispanic	1.86%	3.12%	67.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.87%	0%
Two or More Races	4.28%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%