Explore the Family Name Oganesyan

The meaning of Oganesyan

Armenian: variant of Ohanesian, originating under Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. This form (transliteration) of the surname is found mainly in Russia. Some characteristic forenames: Armenian Anait, Grigor, Armen, Arutyun, Gagik, Gayane, Gevorg, Oganes, Srbui, Vigen, Adrine, Anush, Ambartsum, Andranik. Russian Liliya, Sergey, Svetlana, Vladimir, Yekaterina, Yuriy, Zhanna.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Oganesyan has seen a rise in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of this surname climbed from 31,704 in 2000 to 30,509 in 2010, marking a 3.77% increase. The number of people with this surname also grew by 11.03% during this period; from 689 in 2000 to 765 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of people with the surname Oganesyan per 100,000 remained consistent at 0.26.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,704	#30,509	3.77%
Count	689	765	11.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.26	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Oganesyan

Regarding ethnicity based on Decennial U.S. Census data, individuals with the surname Oganesyan predominantly identify as White, with an increase from 80.99% in 2000 to 96.34% in 2010. There was also a small emergence of Hispanic identity, rising from 0% to 1.31% in the same time frame. However, those identifying with two or more races saw a significant decrease from 18.14% in 2000 to just 2.22% in 2010. No respondents identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.99%	96.34%	18.95%
Two or More Races	18.14%	2.22%	-87.76%
Hispanic	0%	1.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%