Explore the Family Name Sargsyan

The meaning of Sargsyan

Armenian: patronymic from the personal name Sargis, eastern Armenian variant of Sarkis ‘Sergius’ (see Sarkisian). Compare Sargis 2.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Sargsyan saw a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 56,826 in popularity, but by 2010 it had leapt to rank 22,906, a change of 59.69 percent. The total count of people with this surname also increased significantly from 336 in 2000 to 1,117 in 2010, an increase of 232.44 percent. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 of the population bearing the name Sargsyan rose from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.38 in 2010, marking a 216.67 percent increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,826	#22,906	59.69%
Count	336	1,117	232.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.38	216.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sargsyan

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Sargsyan identify as White. In 2000, approximately 77.08 percent identified as such, and this figure rose to 98.21 percent in 2010, indicating a 27.41 percent change. The percentage of those self-identifying as part of two or more races, however, decreased from 21.43 percent in 2000 to just 1.07 percent in 2010, representing a substantial drop of 95.01 percent. Other ethnicities, such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, showed no recorded percentages for either year, with the exception of suppressed data (S) for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	77.08%	98.21%	27.41%
Two or More Races	21.43%	1.07%	-95.01%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%