People with surnames: "Armenia(n)"

[Kavkaz]

Hey I was recently on facebook to broaden the number of Armenians I know around the world and I searched for "Armenia" and i got alot of people with the surnames "Armenia" and "Armenian".

I don't know if there is some historical reasons for this like Armenian immigrants that had lost their identity and were give the surname "Armenia" or "Armenian" by the U.S government to classify them as coming from Armenia or what. But there are people from around the world with this Surname and looking at the numbers alone on facebook there must be hundreds of thousands in the world that have this as their surname.

Anybody know? I know some Armenians but that there because they may not want to put their surnames but alot of them seem to have "Armenia" and "Armenian" as a legitimate surnames and some even have Armenia as their birth names.

Some answers if you got any?

[MrHyeSev]

Re: People with surnames: "Armenia(n)"

I wouldnt know, Im not on Facebook, Sorry.

[TomServo]

Re: People with surnames: "Armenia(n)"

Some answers if you got any?

Armen-ian, of Armen. You wouldn't pronounce it like you pronounce Armenian when asked for your ethnicity or nationality. It's like saying the name Armen and then -ian.

[Kavkaz]

Re: People with surnames: "Armenia(n)"

Armen-ian, of Armen. You wouldn't pronounce it like you pronounce Armenian when asked for your ethnicity or nationality. It's like saying the name Armen and then -ian.

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Well I there not many people with the last name Italian.

All I know is there are many people on facebook with a surname: "Armenia" or even "Armenian" from the looks of it, most of them are legitimate surnames with only some Armenians using it instead of their real surnames. I am just interested in the origins of the name and I am wondering if this is inherited from the days of orphan Armenians genocide victims?