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The Papazian surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,005 people carried this name — #24,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 931 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Papazian surname

Borrowed from Armenian Փափազյան (Pʻapʻazyan).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Papazian» (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 478 people named Papazian.

205 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 205
Bouches-du-Rhône 87
Paris 66
Rhône 38
Alpes-Maritimes 17
Isère 7
Ardèche 6
Drôme 6
Saône-et-Loire 4

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 216 people named Papazian 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 108
Buenos Aires Province 96
Santa Fe 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Papazian live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 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

Geneva 12
Vaud 10

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 Papazian,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Armand Papazian 1928–1991 · sport cyclist
  • Einar Papazian 1944– · painter
  • Régine Papazian 1948– · businessperson
  • Séta Papazian 1956– · graphic designer
  • Mary Papazian 1959– · teacher
  • Laurent Papazian 1959– · researcher

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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