Most common surnames in Russia

The top 100 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Russia
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Ivanova	—	927,695
2	Ivanov	—	881,461
3	Kuznetsova	—	454,051
4	Kuznetsov	—	436,730
5	Petrov	—	429,896
6	Smirnova	—	428,055
7	Magomedov	—	385,086
8	Petrova	—	383,208
9	Smirnov	—	366,247
10	Popov	—	365,925
11	Popova	—	365,778
12	Volkova	—	303,909
13	Novikova	—	257,629
14	Morozova	—	240,256
15	Sokolova	—	230,120
16	Pavlova	—	223,226
17	Romanova	—	221,963
18	Volkov	—	219,101
19	Shevchenko	—	218,170
20	Andreeva	—	215,723
21	Vasilev	—	211,487
22	Vasileva	—	209,526
23	Mikhaylova	—	209,420
24	Novikov	—	205,699
25	Makarova	—	205,048
26	Morozov	—	194,993
27	Sergeeva	—	188,877
28	Pavlov	—	188,495
29	Zaytseva	—	187,519
30	Sokolov	—	186,252
31	Aliev	—	182,109
32	Mikhaylov	—	181,262
33	Nikolaeva	—	179,334
34	Romanov	—	179,055
35	Zakharova	—	178,591
36	Makarov	—	177,125
37	Stepanova	—	176,194
38	Lebedeva	—	173,529
39	Kozlova	—	173,081
40	Nikitina	—	172,419
41	Egorova	—	171,174
42	Egorov	—	168,709
43	Kozlov	—	165,374
44	Nikolaev	—	163,507
45	Stepanov	—	161,534
46	Andreev	—	159,923
47	Yakovleva	—	156,775
48	Zakharov	—	155,349
49	Kovalenko	—	154,502
50	Frolova	—	154,073
51	Orlova	—	153,333
52	Sergeev	—	149,836
53	Bondarenko	—	148,553
54	Nikitin	—	145,844
55	Zaytsev	—	144,972
56	Medvedev	—	143,321
57	Kotova	—	141,895
58	Orlov	—	140,463
59	Belova	—	138,500
60	Kravchenko	—	138,139
61	Borisova	—	137,971
62	Mironova	—	137,505
63	Alekseeva	—	137,151
64	Frolov	—	135,452
65	Kuzmina	—	134,812
66	Kuzmin	—	128,246
67	Yakovlev	—	128,217
68	Magomedova	—	125,039
69	Medvedeva	—	124,265
70	Antonova	—	123,273
71	Belov	—	122,693
72	Lebedev	—	122,451
73	Alekseev	—	120,187
74	Dmitrieva	—	119,461
75	Borisov	—	119,232
76	Semenova	—	116,710
77	Tarasova	—	116,636
78	Melnikova	—	115,591
79	Matveeva	—	114,864
80	Vlasova	—	113,108
81	Fedorova	—	112,281
82	Polyakova	—	111,164
83	Antonov	—	110,247
84	Zhukova	—	109,606
85	Tkachenko	—	108,924
86	Tarasov	—	107,953
87	Sidorov	—	106,652
88	Ilina	—	105,425
89	Filippova	—	104,872
90	Kim	Korean · “gold”	104,617
91	Mironov	—	103,596
92	Aleksandrova	—	103,294
93	Dmitriev	—	103,248
94	Sorokina	—	103,122
95	Isaev	—	102,807
96	Kolesnikova	—	102,666
97	Guseva	—	102,234
98	Danilova	—	102,035
99	Kotov	—	101,112
100	Matveev	—	99,379

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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