The Krikorian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,439 people carried this name — #18,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,323 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Krikorian surname
From Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan) (Western Armenian pronunciation).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krikorian» (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 191 people named Krikorian.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 75 people named Krikorian 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Krikorian 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 Krikorian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Garabed Krikorian 1847–1920 · photographer -
Gaëlle Krikorian 1972– · sociologist -
Robert V. Krikorian 1919–1999 · businessperson
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Virginia Krikorian 1922–2019 · businessperson
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Jean Krikorian 1935–2019 · writer
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Ara Krikorian 1941– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krikorian.
- Kribs 362 · U.S. census
- Krick 3,720 · U.S. census
- Krieg 4,314 · U.S. census
- Kriegel 1,098 · U.S. census
- Krieger 11,521 · U.S. census
- Krier 3,090 · U.S. census
- Krim 375 · U.S. census
- Krimm 254 · U.S. census
- Kriner 2,093 · U.S. census
- Krol 4,025 · U.S. census
- Krolak 545 · U.S. census
- Krolik 337 · U.S. census
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