The Sargsyan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,117 people carried this name — #22,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 232% from 336 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sargsyan surname
Classical Syriac ܣܪܓܝܣ (sargis)bor. Old Armenian Սարգիս (Sargis) Armenian Սարգիս (Sargis) Proto-Indo-European *-iyn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-iHn̥ Old Armenian -եան (-ean) Armenian -յան (-yan) Armenian Սարգսյան (Sargsyan)bor. English Sargsyan Borrowed from Armenian Սարգսյան (Sargsyan), from Սարգիս (Sargis) + -յան (-yan).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sargsyan» (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 336 people named Sargsyan 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
132 people named Sargsyan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 472 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 76 people named Sargsyan.
Most of them — 76 — were born outside France.
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 50 people named Sargsyan 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Sargsyan live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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.
In the Nordic population registers
120 people named Sargsyan 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 Sargsyan,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Lazarus H. Sargsyan 1874–1960 · architect -
Vahan Ter-Sargsyan 1839–1898
-
Levon Sargsyan 1862–1927 · public figure
-
Levon Sargsyan 1862–1927 · public figure
-
Vartan Sarkisov 1875–1955 · architect
-
Vartan Sarkisov 1875–1955 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sargsyan.
- Sarda 324 · U.S. census
- Sardella 517 · U.S. census
- Sardi 294 · U.S. census
- Sardin 236 · U.S. census
- Sardo 910 · U.S. census
- Sarfati 215 · U.S. census
- Sari 855 · U.S. census
- Sarian 409 · U.S. census
- Saris 241 · U.S. census
- Sarkis 1,190 · U.S. census
- Sarkissian 1,443 · U.S. census
- Sarmiento 13,710 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sargsyan 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.