The Boghossian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 399 people carried this name — #52,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 369 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Boghossian surname
A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Paulson.
From Armenian Պողոսյան (Poġosyan).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boghossian» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 198 people named Boghossian.
83 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 84 people named Boghossian live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Boghossian live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Boghossian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Skunder Boghossian 1937–2003 · painter -
Paul Boghossian 1957– · university teacher
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Paul Boghossian 1957– · university teacher
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Alex Boghossian 1958– · politician
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Peter Boghossian 1966– · pedagogue
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Alain Boghossian 1970– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boghossian.
- Bogard 3,875 · U.S. census
- Bogdan 3,001 · U.S. census
- Bogdanovic 291 · U.S. census
- Boge 548 · U.S. census
- Bogen 1,120 · U.S. census
- Boggio 784 · U.S. census
- Bogner 2,367 · U.S. census
- Bogo 114 · U.S. census
- Bohan 2,351 · U.S. census
- Bohin 110 · U.S. census
- Bohl 3,125 · U.S. census
- Bohler 1,335 · U.S. census
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