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The Garabedian surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,879 people carried this name — #15,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,845 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Garabedian surname

From Armenian Կարապետյան (Karapetyan).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garabedian» (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 382 people named Garabedian.

114 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 114
Bouches-du-Rhône 96
Paris 53
Isère 30
Drôme 15
Rhône 14
Var 7
Ardèche 6
Hauts-de-Seine 5

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 75 people named Garabedian 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 55
Buenos Aires Province 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Garabedian is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Garabedian in American newspapers,
1894–1928.

Newspaper page from Freeland Tribune carrying the name Garabedian
Freeland Tribune 1896-01-30
Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name Garabedian
The Gary American 1928-09-28
Newspaper page from Scranton Wochenblatt carrying the name Garabedian
Scranton Wochenblatt 1894-12-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 211 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garabedian,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ohan Garo
    Ohan Garo 1890–1933 · writer
  • Ohan Garo
    Ohan Garo 1890–1933 · writer
  • Ohan Garo
    Ohan Garo 1894–1933 · writer
  • Ohan Garo
    Ohan Garo 1894–1933 · writer
  • Charles Garabedian 1923–2016 · painter
  • Jacqueline Garabedian 1925–1976 · talent manager

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Garabedian is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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