Out of the 174 Armenians and 5 Copts Copts of Cyprus in 1881, the mother tongue for 4 was Greek, for 7 it was was Arabic and for f or 168 it wa was another anoth er language langua ge (Armenian (Arme nian). ). Th The e second second census census of popul populatio ation n was was performed perf ormed on the 6th of of April 1891: 1891: the population of Cyprus had reached rea ched 209.286 persons, of whom 280 were Armenians 269 Gregorian and 11 Catholics; 62 had Turkish for mother tongue, 4 had Greek, 9 had Arabic and 205 had Armenian, whil while e Armenian was also the mother tongue of 11 others (2 Mahomedans, Mahomedans, 7 Greek Greek Orthodox and 2 others). In the census report, Superintendent Frank G. Glossop mentions: 104. The members of the
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Th e third The thi rd population census of Cyprus took place place on th e 31st 31st of of March 1901, counting 237.022 persons in total t otal,, of of whom 517 were Armenians 491 Gregorian and 26 Catholic Catholics: s: Turki Turkish sh was the mother tongue for 45, Greek for 2, Arabic Arabic for 1, and Armenian for 469; Armenian was the mother moth er tongue ton gue of of 36 othe others rs as as well well (31 Prot Protesta estants nts and 5 others). others). In the t he census census of the 2nd of Apri Aprill 191 1911, Armenians numbered numbe red 558 persons out of a total tota l of 274.108 27 4.108 549 Gregorian Gregorian and 9 Catholics Catholics.. The mother tongue ton gue for 52 of of them was was Turk Turkish, ish, for fo r 9 was Greek, for 2 Arabic, for 493 Armenian and for 2 another language; Armenian was also the mother tongue to ngue of of 58 others (5 Greek Greek Orthodox, Ortho dox, 18 Roman Catholi Catholics, cs, 33 Protestants and 2 others). The fift f ifth h population cens census us wa was carried out o ut on the 24th of of April 1921, an and d Gregorian Gregori an Armenians numbered numbe red 1.197 persons, out of a total tot al of of 310.715 61 had Turkish Turkish for f or mother tongue, tongue, 8 had Greek, 1.127 had Armenian and 1 had another language; additionally, Armenian was the mother mo ther tongue for 35 Greek Orthodox, 74 Roman Catholics, 228 Protestants and 39 others. The 27/28 April 1931 census recorded 3.377 Gregorian Armenians out of of a total of 347.959 persons 208 of them had Turkish fo r
mother tongue, 35 had Greek, 3 Arabic, 3.077 Armenian, 7 English and 47 other languages; Armenian Arme nian was was also the mother mo ther tong tongue ue of 240 othe others rs (20 Christian Orthodox, Orthodox , 89 Latins, 130 Protestants and 1 other). On 6 June 1935 Archbishop Archbishop Bedr Bedros os Saradjian prepared a report of the t he total Armenian populatio popul ation n of of th the e island: 2.139 lived in Nicosia, Nicosia, 678 in Larna Larnaca, ca, 205 in Lim Limass assol, ol, 105 in Famagusta, 58 in Amiandos, 25 in Lefka, 20 in Kalokhorio (Kapouti), 18 in Lefkara, 17 in Magaravan Magaravank, k, 5 in Kyrenia, 4 in Paph Paphos; os; additionally, there were 102 102 "pnig" Gibratsi (native Cypriots), 399 399 in Melkonian and 44 in other villages. Overall, 3.819 persons. Th e seventh population census The census was was carried out o ut on the th e of November 1946: 1946: 3.686 Grego Gregorian rian Armenians resided in Cyprus out of a total population of 450.114 86 of them the m habitually spoke Greek, 192 Turkish, 3.402 Armenian, 2 English English,, 1 Arabic, and 3 spoke spoke another anothe r language; Armeni Ar menian an was was spoken also also by by 276 others Moslems, 70 Latins, 3 (28 Greek Greek Orthodox, Orth odox, Anglicans, 145 Protestants, 4 Jew Jewish ish and 15 others). other s). Superintendent David A. Percival mentions that 1.345 Gregorian Armenians were born in Cyprus and 2.341 2.341 outside Cyprus; overall, overall, 3 persons were either Gregorian Armenians or Armenian Armeni an speaking. In October 1956 a population registration took place, with the purpose of issuing identity cards: cards : out of a total t otal of 528.618 people, 4.549 Armenian Armenia nCypriots were recorded The last detailed census cens us of population took place on the t he l lth of December 1960: out of of a total tot al of of 577.615 persons, of whom there were 3.628 Armenians 3.378 were Gregorian. The censuses carried out on 01 1973 and 1976 did not record the religious groups separately, while in the 01 1982,011 1992 and 1012001 10120 01 censuses censuses mention was was made that not all members of the religious groups have been recorded. The tables that follow show the geographical distribution of Armenians per census and according to district and nahieh (sub - district) and according to urban areas:
The Armenians of Cyprus