Explore the Family Name Baronian

The meaning of Baronian

Armenian: patronymic from Middle Armenian baron ‘baron, nobleman’, a word of French origin also used as a respectful term of address. This form of the surname is found mainly in the US; in Armenia it is spelled (transliterated) Paronyan. Some characteristic forenames: Armenian Souren, Ara, Avedis, Haig, Hrair, Karo, Ohannes, Satenig.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Baronian saw a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 78,549 to 79,846, which represents a negative change of 1.65%. However, there was an increase in the count of people carrying the Baronian surname, growing from 226 in 2000 to 238 in 2010, indicating a positive change of 5.31%. The proportion per 100,000 people remained steady at 0.08 in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#78,549	#79,846	-1.65%
Count	226	238	5.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Baronian

On the ethnicity front, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Baronian surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decline from 97.35% to 96.64%. The Hispanic population among those with the Baronian surname showed some growth, increasing to 2.10% in 2010, while it was non-existent in 2000. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and those identifying as two or more races, either did not register any percentage or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.35%	96.64%	-0.73%
Hispanic	0%	2.1%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%