The Karapetyan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,260 people carried this name — #20,910 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 62% from 778 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Karapetyan surname
Borrowed from Armenian Կարապետյան (Karapetyan).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Karapetyan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 214 people named Karapetyan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
104 people named Karapetyan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 399 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Karapetyan.
Most of them — 50 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 1 département, most often Val-de-Marne.
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 the Nordic population registers
89 people named Karapetyan 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 Karapetyan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ruben Khan-Azat 1862–1929 · politician
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Emma Karapetyan 1920–1997 · historian
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Emma Karapetyan 1920–1997 · historian
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Nshan Karapetian 1920–1993 · agronomist
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Hambardzum Karapetyan 1927–2004 · historian
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Yerem Karapetyan 1933–2006 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karapetyan.
- Kapps 175 · U.S. census
- Kaprielian 274 · U.S. census
- Kaps 408 · U.S. census
- Kapusta 913 · U.S. census
- Kara 1,308 · U.S. census
- Karam 3,401 · U.S. census
- Karas 5,858 · U.S. census
- Karch 1,506 · U.S. census
- Karcher 3,746 · U.S. census
- Karcz 644 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,058 · U.S. census
- Kari 530 · U.S. census
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