The Hovsepian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,060 people carried this name — #23,837 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 23% from 861 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hovsepian surname
Variant of Hovsepyan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hovsepian» (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 69 people named Hovsepian.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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 54 people named Hovsepian 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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Hovsepian is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Hovsepian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bersabe Hovsepyan-Snhchyan 1906–1999 -
Arman 1921–1980 · actor -
Armenak Hovsepyan 1882–1937 · jurist
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Ararat Hovsepyan 1922– · pedagogue
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Hyke 1933– · actor
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Garo Hovsepian 1938– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hovsepian.
- Houth 148 · U.S. census
- Houx 360 · U.S. census
- Houy 441 · U.S. census
- Houze 899 · U.S. census
- Hove 2,041 · U.S. census
- Hovhannisyan 637 · U.S. census
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
- Howard 264,826 · U.S. census
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
- Hoyos 3,694 · U.S. census
- Hu 19,999 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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