What is "hakobyan"

Hakobyan is an Armenian surname with the meaning "son of Hakob" (Armenian for Jacob). This surname has multitudes of transliterations into Latin alphabet, including Acopian, Acopyan, Agopian, Agopyan, Akobian, Akobyan, Akopyan, Hagopian, Hagopyan and Hakobian. Similar Russified surname: Akopov. Variants: Hakobyants (with similar variations of rendering in Latin alphabet).

The surname may refer to:

Agopian/Agopyan:

• Krikor Agopian, Lebanese-Canadian painter
• Ştefan Agopian, Romanian writer

Akobian/Akobyan:

• Varuzhan Akobian, American chess Grandmaster

Acopian/Akopian/Akopyan:

• Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), inventor, industrialist, environmentalist
• Arthur Akopian, Soviet gymnast and coach (also Artur Akopian, Arthur Akopyan, Arthur Akopian )
• Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• Arkadi Akopyan, Russian Armenian football player
• Armen Akopyan, Ukrainian Armenian football player
• Karen Akopyan, Russian Armenian football player
• Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Russian pianist of Armenian descent
• Stepan Yegorovich Akopyan, Prime Minister of Armenia (1937)
• Andrey Akopyants, Kazakh footballer of Armenian descent

Hakobian/Hakobyan:

• Hagop Hagopian (guerrilla), Armenian military commander
• Hakob Hakobian (painter)
• Hakob Hakobian (poet)
• Hakob Melik Hakobian, a.k.a. Raffi, Armenian novelist
• Hrair Hakobian, businessman (also Hrair Hagopian)
• Andranik Hakobyan, Armenian boxer
• Ara Hakobyan, Armenian football player
• Aram Hakobyan, Armenian football player
• Felix Hakobyan, Armenian football player
• Hayk Hakobyan, Armenian football player
• Hayko (Hayk Hakobyan), singer
• Kristine Hakobyan, Armenian football player
• Vahe Hakobyan
• Taguhi Hagopyan known as Hasmik, Soviet Armenian actress

Hakopian/Hakopyan:

• Michael Andrew Hakopian a.k.a. Pinchface, drummer
• Raffi Hakopian, violinist

Hagobian/Hagobyan:

• Seta Hagobian, Iraqi Armenian singer

Hagopian/Hagopyan:

• Richard Hagopian
• Harold Hagopian
• J. Michael Hagopian
• Clara Hagopian, maiden name of the (adopting) mother of Steve Jobs
• V. H. Hagopian, professor of Ottoman Turkish and Persian in Anatolia College.
• Frances Hagopian, political scientist.