Galstyan
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Galstyan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 21st most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Armenian Գալստյան (Galstyan).
- FRFrance≈1 in 201K(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 396K
- USUnited States1 in 594K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Galstyan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Armenia (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 148 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 201K (inferred from the name graph)
≈24,000 named Գալստյան, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Գալստյան in AM Armenia and Galstian in GE Georgia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Armenian Գալստյան (Galstyan).
Sources 1
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galstyan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #21 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 123 | 151 | Գալստյան | 78 |
| US United States | — | 560 | 1 in 594K | 717 | Galstyan | 148 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 396K | — | Galstyan | 64 |
| FR France | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Galstyan | 99 |
| GE Georgia | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Galstian | 4 |
| PL Poland | — | 176 | 1 in 218K | 112 | Galstyan | 12 |
| SE Sweden | — | 37 | 1 in 276K | 37 | Galstyan | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Common Newborn Surnames by Sex, 2025; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Greta Galstyanb. 1939AMArmenian actress (1939-2017)
- Vilen Galstyanb. 1941AMBallet dancer and actor (1941–2021)
- Zhanna Galstyanb. 1948AMArmenian politician
- Yuri Galstyanb. 1952AMArmenian musician, composer
- Sargis Galstyanb. 1979AMArmenian actor and director
- Marine Galstyanb. 1980AMArmenian actress and theater director
- Arsen Galstyanb. 1989RURussian Judoka, Olympic champion
- Mariam Galstyanb. 1990AMArmenian painter
- Levon GalstyanAMArmenian writer
- Gagik GalstyanAMresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 717 | #34,101 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 560 | #39,281 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 316 | #59,769 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 112 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 112 | #26,932 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 64 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 64 | #42,080 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 37 | #15,958 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Galstyan mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Armenian Գալստյան (Galstyan). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Galstyan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Գալստյան in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Galstyan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 560 people named Galstyan in 2010, about 1 in 594 thousand residents.
- How common is Galstyan compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Galstyan is the 21st most common surname of 15,931 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Galstyan?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galstyanThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Galstyan” — the 21st most common surname in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.