Ambartsumian

Ambartsumian, Ambartsumyan, Hambardzumyan, Hambardzumian, Hambartsumyan or Hambartsumian (Armenian: Համբարձումյան) is an Armenian surname. In Armenian onomasticst, it is a religious surname derived from 'Hambardzum' meaning Ascension of Jesus. The suffix '-yan' denotes surname (all Armenian surnames end in -ian or -yan with a few exceptions). The variants beginning without H (Ambartsoumian, Ambartsumian, Ambartsumyan, etc) originated in the USSR as Russian lacks the sound H. Notable people with this last name include :

• Armen Ambartsumyan (born 1978), Bulgarian-Armenian footballer
• David Hambartsumyan (1956–1992), Armenian diver
• Eduard Hambardzumyan (born 1986), Armenian boxer
• Grigori Ambartsumyan (1933–2014), Soviet footballer and coach
• Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (born 1990), Armenian footballer
• Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955), Armenian violinist and conductor
• Sergo Hambardzumyan (1910–1983), Armenian weightlifter
• Viktor Ambartsumian (1908–1996), Soviet Armenian astronomer and astrophysicist
• Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan (1940–2008), Soviet international footballer

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Ambartsumian.
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