Ghukasyan
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Ghukasyan ({{langx|hy|Ղուկասյան}}) {{IPA|hy|ʁɔvkɑˈsjɑn}} {{IPA|ru|ɡʊkɐˈsʲan}}) is an Armenian surname, meaning 'son of Ghukas', the Armenian equivalent of Luke. In Russia, Azerbaijan and other countries, some holders of this surname changed the spelling to Gukasov ({{langx|ru|Гука́сов|ɡʊˈkasəf}}).
People with the surname include:
- Arkadi Ghukasyan (born 1957), second president of the Republic of Artsakh
- Vardan Ghukasyan (born 1961), Armenian politician
- Siranush Ghukasyan (born 1998), Armenian chess master
- Hovhannes Ghukasyan (1822–1882), Polish-Armenian pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer, inventor of the modern kerosene lamp
See also
- Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Yerevan Forces commander of Russia's army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
- Voroshil Gukasyan (1932–1986), Soviet linguist
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