Scientists managed to compile a complete list of truly Russian surnames by region of the country: the Kuban turned out to be Russian
Unfortunately, the interpretations of family analysis that appeared in the media this summer (after the first publication of the data in a specialized scientific journal) could create a false impression about the goals and results of the huge work of scientists, the main thing was not that the surname Smirnov turned out to be more common among Russian people, than Ivanov, but the fact that for the first time a complete list of truly Russian surnames was compiled by region of the country. At the same time, scientists had to spend a lot of time collecting Russian surnames on their own.
The Central Election Commission and local election commissions flatly refused to cooperate with scientists, arguing that only if the voter lists are secret can they guarantee the objectivity and honesty of elections to federal and local authorities. The criterion for inclusion in the list of a surname was very lenient: it was included if at least five carriers of this surname lived in the region for three generations.
First, lists were compiled for five conditional regions - Northern, Central, Central-Western, Central-Eastern and Southern. In total, about 15 thousand Russian surnames were accumulated in all regions, most of which were found only in one of the regions and were absent in others. When regional lists were superimposed on each other, scientists identified a total of 257 so-called "all-Russian surnames".
Interestingly, at the final stage of the study, they decided to add the names of residents of the Krasnodar Territory to the list of the Southern Region, expecting that the predominance of Ukrainian surnames of the descendants of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks evicted here by Catherine II would significantly reduce the all-Russian list. But this additional restriction reduced the list of all-Russian surnames by only 7 units - to 250. From which the obvious and not pleasant conclusion followed that the Kuban was inhabited mainly by Russian people. And where did the Ukrainians go and were there at all here - the big question.
An analysis of Russian surnames generally provides food for thought. Even the simplest action - searching it for the names of all the leaders of the country - gave an unexpected result. Only one of them was included in the list of top 250 all-Russian surnames - Mikhail Gorbachev (158th place). The surname Brezhnev takes 3767th place in the general list (found only in the Belgorod region of the Southern region). The surname Khrushchev is in 4248th place (found only in the Northern region, Arkhangelsk region). Chernenko took 4749th place (only the Southern region). Andropov - 8939th place (only the Southern region). Putin took 14250th place (only the Southern region). But Yeltsin was not included in the general list at all. Stalin's surname - Dzhugashvili - for obvious reasons was not considered. But on the other hand, the pseudonym Lenin got into the regional lists under the number 1421, second only to the first president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev.
250 MOST RUSSIAN SURNAMES
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Historians every year expand the list of nominal nicknames of Slavic origin. Many would be interested to know their origin. But sometimes it is impossible to determine this by the sound itself, since various suffixes, prefixes and prefixes have been added to the derivative word for years, distorting its original meaning.
Russian names and surnames
To determine the origin of a person's genus, his passport data is used. The key points are the root of the word, which forms Russian names and surnames. They differ in prevalence. By sound, one can determine the eminence of the family or the belonging of ancestors to different social groups and castes of society: peasants, boyars, clergy. The etymology of some includes archaisms and strange foundations; you can use the reference book to determine these yourself.
Origin
Derivatives and roots can originate from nicknames of ancestors, funny nicknames, names, activities. The origin of Russian surnames, in most cases, is unraveled in its etymology. You should be interested in this clue, because through it you can find out about an outstanding ancestor or eminent family. For those who want to determine the origins of their family nickname, there are alphabetical collections that are replenished and updated annually; on their pages, almost everyone can find out the history of their name.
The most popular derivatives:
- On behalf of the ancestor (whose? whose will you be?) - Ivanov, Sidorov, Kuzmin, Petrov.
- From geographical names - Vyazemsky, Stroganov, Smolensky.
- From the nicknames of the representatives of the clergy - Rozhdestvensky, Preobrazhensky, Assumption.
- From the names of plants and animals - Sokolova, Orlova, Hare, Lebedev, Golubev.
- From count and boyar titles - Minin, Tikhomirov, Tikhonravov, Godunov.
Meaning
Etymology and the formation of a proper genus name are of interest to an increasing number of people. The meaning of Russian surnames is found out when determining the root part of the word, it indicates the meaning. The meaning of family names like Bondarev, Kovalev, Shevtsov - indicate the craft that someone from the family was engaged in. Muzzle, Stoyan, Brave - on the external or internal characteristics of an individual. All members of the family were called by the nickname of the head of the family, and this was passed down from generation to generation.
When did surnames appear in Russia
The assignment of a generic nickname to identify each genus began to take shape from the 15th century. When surnames appeared in Russia, they initially referred to representatives of the upper strata of society: boyars and aristocrats, later, in the 18th century, to church servants. Until the 19th century, peasants and artisans received their nicknames. Their genus names were derived from the nicknames of one of the members of the family or occupation. Listings were found in historical scrolls and records explaining this phenomenon: “Vasily, the son of Kuznetsov ... Ivan, the son of Khlebnikov”
How many surnames in Russia
The study of these data is still in question. An absolutely correct numerical value has not been deduced that could answer exactly the question of how many surnames exist in Russia today. Researchers undertook such a difficult task only a few times, about 250 thousand meanings are officially included in the collection, and these lists are constantly updated with new forms of nicknames once given.
Declension of surnames in Russian
The rules of the Russian language strictly determine the spelling and pronunciation of passport data. The declension of surnames in Russian occurs according to the following basic rules: standard ones are declined as adjectives, and those of foreign origin are declined as nouns. They do not decline at the zero ending, or ending in a consonant (Bondar, Nitsevich, Ponomar), ending in -o (Petrenko, Shevchenko, Kovalenko), foreign ones in -a, -ya (Varnava, Okidzhava, Zola).
The most common surname in Russia
Boris Ubenhaun was the first to start compiling a directory that lists the names of Russia. There are collected various variations due to the process of transformation of folk nicknames. Each position has an explanation (highlighted parts of word formation that explain the essence of a particular word). There are positions that can be found more often, there are those that are very rare. The data were taken on the basis of the census of the population of the city of St. Petersburg.
Common surnames in Russia:
- Vladimirov;
- Sergeev;
- Petrov;
- Ivanov.
Beautiful Russian surnames
There are people whose generic nicknames enchant with their sound. These include those derived from place names or long nicknames given to church officials. Such an etymology is rare, it sounds aristocratically melodious. Many people change the birth data in the passport in order to get a beautiful name that stands out from the crowd. Lucky among the people are those to whom it was inherited.
The most beautiful surnames in Russia:
- Preobrazhensky;
- Caesar;
- Christmas;
- Vyazemsky;
- Uspensky.
Slavic
There are genus names that originated from the ancient Slavs. These nicknames are very rare and therefore valuable to historians. Their small number is due to the fact that derivatives originate from the names of pagan gods or Old Slavic names. With the advent of Christianity, such nicknames were categorically banned, people were massively baptized and renamed, because those who still have them to this day are a godsend, a vivid example of pagan culture.
Old Slavic surnames, examples:
- Yarilo;
- Dovbush;
- Putyata;
- Lada;
- Saint;
- Dobrynin;
- Peaceful.
Popular
According to the census conducted in the 80s of the last century, under the former USSR, about 50% of the rural and 35% of the urban population have generic nicknames, formed according to the patronymic principle with the addition of suffixes. This study is recognized as the highest quality and most detailed up to our times. Popular Russian surnames: Sidorov, Smirnov, Kuzmin, Vasiliev. The second place in frequency is occupied by nicknames that indicate the type of activity: Kuznetsov, Bondarev, Reznikov, Khlebnikov, etc.
Rare Russian surnames
It is difficult to compile a reliable list that includes all positions. But the main ones have been selected. It is not often possible to meet people who have a family nickname that coincides completely with a geographical name or is formed from a combination of two words. There are few of those who were lucky enough to become the namesake of famous historical figures and heroes of literary novels.
Rare surnames in Russia:
- Astrakhan;
- Kamchatka;
- Eibogin;
- Krutiperets;
- Crusoe;
- Karenin.
funny
Sometimes among acquaintances there are family nicknames that involuntarily cause a smile with their comicality. They surprise fellow citizens, and especially foreigners, with their pronunciation, they consist of the addition of the foundations of any nouns or verbs, they can denote a funny or strange action, name objects whose name sounds strange in a human name. A person who has to wear them can hardly be called lucky.
Funny Russian surnames:
- Kostogryzov;
- Mozgoedov;
- Popkin;
- Rzhach;
- Login;
- Khachapuri;
- Govnodedov;
- Snot.
Russian noble families
Their owners can be sure of the high title of someone from their family, they were assigned exclusively to nobles, boyars, high-ranking officials. People close to high positions and ruling power. They can also be merchants. The presence of such titular nicknames among the peasantry, a worker from the common population or artisans is excluded, their mere presence spoke of the high social status of their owner.
Russian noble families:
- Stroganov;
- Godunov;
- Tikhomirov;
- Minin;
- Novgorodtsev;
- Tikhonravov;
- Crowned.
Old Russian
This term denotes not only Old Slavic nicknames from the times of paganism, but also those that, by their etymology, denote obsolete concepts and words of ancient use, eradicated from the current speech. Interesting to consider are generic nicknames that name old monetary units, household items, crafts that are not found in the modern world. All these signs indicate the prescription of the genus and the roots that go far.
Old Russian surnames:
- Kunin;
- Altynov;
- Kalita;
- Zlatnikov;
- Pryalkin;
- Kozhemyak;
- Bandurov.
Rating of surnames in Russia
The top 100 items have been compiled, which can often be found in the passports of fellow citizens. All of them were selected based on the directory and ordered during the census during the year. This information will be especially interesting for girls, because everyone wants to meet her man and get married. Statistics show that 89% of women switch to a male generic nickname when they get married. Such a top will clearly show the most likely options that everyone can face. The section includes 10 first positions.
- Ivanov;
- Smirnov;
- Kuznetsov;
- Popov;
- Sokolov;
- Vasiliev;
- Fedorov;
- Novikov;
- Egorov;
- Kozlov.
In recent times, the history of the origin and distribution of surnames worried only linguists, historians, ethnographers and, of course, the owners of this value. However, recently scientists from the laboratory of popular human genetics of the State Medical Genetic Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences have become interested in this issue.
What is the reason for the unexpected excitement around the seemingly unremarkable historical heritage?
How the list of 100 most common Russian surnames is compiled
Scientists argue that the entire Russian gene pool is hidden in the origins of the origin of primordially Russian surnames.
Taking into account hundreds of thousands of surnames concentrated in the expanses of the Russian state, the researchers took as a basis only the indigenous people who territorially live in Central Russia and in the Russian North.
But here, too, problems arose: the most common surnames did not always turn out to be native Russian. Therefore, scientists faced the task of separating native and migratory specimens.
Additional parameters were introduced, which the surname had to correspond to:
- At least three representatives per last name.
- Compliance with local linguistic norms and dialects.
After that, 14428 remained from the original list.
By the way, scientists are considering 8 regions: Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Smolensk, Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh regions, as well as the Kashinsky district of the Tver region.
These regions make up 5 regions of Russia: Northern, Eastern, Central, Western, Southern.
Ivanovs, Smirnovs: the founders of the genetic fund
The most common surnames include 250 names.
The list was compiled on the basis of the frequency of their predominance in each of the previously designated regions.
I would like to say that even a simple layman who is ignorant of genetic and historical sciences could name some names.
For example, to the question “what is the most common surname in Russia”, every second person will say: “Smirnovs, Ivanovs”. These data will be taken by them not from research, but from the realities of life: everyone has such a friend or acquaintance. They top the list of the 100 most common surnames.
History of the study of the issue: V.A. Nikonov and B.O. Unbegaun
As noted earlier, geneticists were not the first to become interested in the origin of surnames. Linguists, historians and ethnographers can be called pioneers in this field.
Among them is the Soviet onomatologist V.A. Nikonov. It is his mind that owns the officially registered conclusion about what are the most common surnames in Russia. Nikonov found that Smirnovs, Ivanovs, Popovs and Kuznetsovs are the most common names in the designated areas.
And the compiled top lists "The most common Russian surname" is far from a modern innovation.
The first such list belongs to B.O. Unbegaun. It was compiled in 1972 according to the St. Petersburg address book. The most common surnames were 31,503 people. And out of 200 thousand names from the address book, Unbegaun singled out the 100 most popular. But the list he revealed was not clean and included not only Russian residents, but also visitors. For example, Schmidt, Miller - it is difficult to call Slavic, therefore, based on this fact, the book "Russian Surnames" published in 1989 can hardly be called 100% reliable.
The most common Russian surname: a list of geneticists
Will you find yourself in the list compiled by geneticists? And what is the most common Russian surname, of course, in addition to those previously announced?
In order to find out the answers to these questions, at least one list must be made public. To do this, we chose a list compiled by geneticists based on 5 Russian regions. To make it easier to search, it is sorted alphabetically, not by popularity. To the right of each surname is a serial number corresponding to the list created by geneticists.
Surname | № | Surname | № | Surname | № | Surname | № | Surname | № |
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Solovyov | |||||||||
Komissarov | Nekrasov | ||||||||
Agafonov | Kondratiev | Nesterov | Stepanov | ||||||
___D___ | Konovalov | Strelkov | |||||||
Alexandrov | Nikiforov | Subbotin | |||||||
Alekseev | Konstantinov | Nikolaev | |||||||
Dementiev | |||||||||
Anisimov | Kornilov | ||||||||
Dmitriev | ___T___ |
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Artemiev | |||||||||
Dorofeev | ___ABOUT___ | Terentiev | |||||||
Afanasiev | Ovchinnikov | ||||||||
___B___ | Krasilnikov | Timofeev | |||||||
___E___ | |||||||||
Evdokimov | |||||||||
Belozerov | Kudryavtsev | Tretyakov | |||||||
Belousov | Kudryashov | ___P___ | Trofimov | ||||||
Kuznetsov | |||||||||
Emelyanov | _________ |
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Bespalov | Panfilov | ||||||||
___Ф___ |
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___L___ | |||||||||
___AND___ | Lavrentiev | ||||||||
Fedoseev | |||||||||
Bogdanov | Ponomarev | ||||||||
Bolshakov | Zhuravlev | Larionov | |||||||
___З___ | Filippov | ||||||||
Prokhorov | |||||||||
___R___ | |||||||||
___IN___ | Zinoviev | Rodionov | |||||||
Vasiliev | ___X___ |
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___M___ | Kharitonov | ||||||||
Vinogradov | ___AND___ | ||||||||
Vishnyakov | Maksimov | ___C___ |
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Vladimirov | Mammoths | ||||||||
Ignatiev | ___WITH___ | ___H___ |
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Martynov | Saveliev | ||||||||
Vorobyov | ___Ш___ |
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Vorontsov | ___TO___ | Medvedev | Samoilov | ||||||
___G___ | Melnikov | Samsonov | |||||||
Gavrilov | Merkushev | Shestakov | |||||||
Kalashnikov | Seleznev | ||||||||
Gerasimov | Mikhailov | Seliverstov | |||||||
Kapustin | |||||||||
Gorbachev | ___SCH___ |
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Gorbunov | Kirillov | Molchanov | Shcherbakov | ||||||
Ants | ___Yu/I___ |
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Grigoriev | Sitnikov | ||||||||
butchers | |||||||||
The history of the origin of the surname
We have already learned which Russian surname is the most common: the Smirnov families have it.
But what secret does she keep in herself? In order to open this veil, it is necessary to delve into the history of its origin.
There are several theories. The most popular are two of them.
Theory #1
The first version explains the wide area of distribution of the surname.
According to legend, in ancient times there was an estate of wandering people who led a nomadic lifestyle, moving throughout Rus' from village to village. In gratitude for the shelter, they showed residents more efficient ways of farming, farming, and shared knowledge.
It is believed that when they first entered the territory of a settlement, they uttered the phrase: “Greetings to you, good people. We go WITH THE NEW WORLD. This became not only their greeting, but also the promise of a reward for shelter.
Years later, the nomadic people ceased to exist, but their descendants did not forget their roots, so they began to be called SMIRNOVs.
Theory #2
The second version is among those that support the origin of surnames from proper names. It says that according to Slavic beliefs, the name Smyrna previously existed. The descendant of this man after the 15th-17th centuries began to be called Smirnov, which was a direct indication of the head of the family.
Famous Smirnovs
Given the extent of the spread of the surname, it is not difficult to assume that among famous personalities there are often “Smirnovs”.
I would like to mention one such dynasty.
The branch we are considering contains the creative path of three generations - parents and children.
Actor and director Andrei Smirnov is a gifted child of an equally brilliant parent.
His father, Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov, was a Soviet writer, public figure, and participant in the Second World War. Author of the novel "Brest Fortress".
The daughter of Andrei Sergeevich, Avdotya, is better known as Dunya Smirnova: a well-known Soviet presenter, film director, critic, screenwriter.
Such dynasties are not uncommon if the family is on the list of the 100 most common surnames.
And what is happening in the world?
Naturally, not only in the Russian expanses, a tendency for the predominance of certain surnames has been noticed.
For example, in China the most popular is Li.
Therefore, it will be interesting to find out which surname is the most common in the world.
- Li: Over 100 million members worldwide.
- Zhang: about 100 million representatives.
- Wang: over 90 million.
- Nguyen: over 36 million. The area of origin is Vietnam.
- Garcia: over 10 million. Spanish roots.
- Gonzalez: over 10 million. Spanish roots
- Hernandez: over 8 million representatives. The history of origin is divided into two branches: Spanish and Portuguese.
- Smith: over 4 million. Country - England.
- Smirnov: over 2.5 million representatives worldwide.
- Muller: About a million. Roots - Germany.
It is logical that the top three are Chinese surnames. After all, the Chinese (otherwise Han Chinese) make up 19% of the total number of people on the planet.
The surname Li, as you already know, is the most common in the world: 7.9% of the total population of China owns it.
It has numerous spelling variations: Li, Lee and Ly. Has Chinese and Korean roots.
The Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, who reigned from 618-626, also belonged to the Li clan.
An interesting fact is that in the struggle for power, he defeated other contenders for the throne, including Li Gi. And his son, Li Shimin, who was tried to be killed by his own brothers, became a follower.
The 10 Most Common Last Names on Earth October 2nd, 2012
1. Lee - Over 100 million people worldwide
This is the most common surname in the world, with about 7.9 percent of Chinese people being lucky owners. There are different varieties of this surname - Li, Lee and even Ly, it all depends on the region where the person lives.
Pictured is Bruce Lee, the legendary film actor, master of martial arts.
2. Zhang - more than 100 million people
Zhang is another of the most common Chinese surnames. In 1990, it was recognized as the most common in the world and entered the Guinness Book of Records. This surname has been used in China for many thousands of years. Pictured is Zhang Yining playing table tennis.
3. Wang - more than 93 million people
The population of China exceeds 1 billion people, it is not surprising that Chinese surnames are the most common in the world. Wang is one of the most used surnames in China with 93 million people. In translation, it literally means - "monarch", "king". This surname is also commonly used in Korea, Vietnam, and even Japan. Pictured is Wang Chen Ming, a baseball player.
4. Nguyen - more than 36 million people
Nguyen is the most common Vietnamese surname. About 40% of the people of Vietnam are its carriers. This surname is also common outside of Vietnam in those countries where the Vietnamese emigrate. For example, this surname is in 54th place in France. In the US, it is in 57th place. Pictured is Kyunh Nguyen, a pianist.
5. Garcia - more than 10 million people
The surname Garcia is distributed all over the world - in North and South America, the Philippines, Spain. The surname, most likely, is of Basque origin, meaning "young", "younger". About 3.3% of Spaniards are Garcias, the second most common surname in Cuba, and in Mexico 4.1 million people are Garcias. Pictured is Pablo Marcano Garcia, an artist from Puerto Rico.
6. Gonzalez - more than 10 million people
Gonzalez is a surname of Spanish origin. This is the second surname after Garcia in Spain. It is also popular in Latin America, in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay. Pictured is Sheila Gonzalez, saxophonist from the USA.
7. Hernandez - over 8 million people
The surname Hernandez has both Spanish and Portuguese roots. It is used in Mexico, USA, Chile, Spain, Cuba and several other countries. In translation, it means "son of Hernan." Pictured is Peter Hernandez, singer.
8. Smith - over 4 million people
Smith is an English surname most common in the UK, Australia and the United States, Canada and Ireland. The origin of the surname is connected with blacksmithing, it was blacksmiths who were called Smiths in the old days. Pictured is Adrian Smith, an American architect who designed many skyscrapers, including the famous Burj Khalifa and Trump Tower.
9. Smirnov - more than 2.5 million people
Contrary to popular belief, the most common Russian surname is not Ivanov, and certainly not Kuznetsov. More than 2.5 million people around the world bear the surname Smirnov. The origin of the surname is probably connected with the word "Smirny". Pictured is Stanislav Smirnov, mathematician.
10. Mueller - over a million people
The German surname Müller is the most common in Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Austria and a number of other neighboring countries. It means "miller" in German. Pictured is Patrick Müller, a football player from Switzerland.
What are the most common surnames in Russia and the USA? Do you think these are Ivanov and Johnson (John is the English version of the name Ivan), respectively? This is not entirely true, although they take prizes in a kind of ranking.
Top 20 most common surnames in Russia
1. Smirnov
2. Ivanov
3. Kuznetsov
4. Sokolov
5. Popov
6. Lebedev
7. Kozlov
8. Novikov
9. Morozov
10. Petrov
11. Volkov
12. Solovyov
13. Vasiliev
14. Zaitsev
15. Pavlov
16. Semyonov
17. Golubev
18. Vinogradov
19. Bogdanov
20. Sparrows
As you can see, the surname Smirnov is the first on the list, the surname Ivanov will take the second line of the list, and the third place belongs to the surname Kuznetsov.
Consider now a list of the most common surnames in America. Our rating there is as follows:
Top 20 most common surnames in the US
1. Smith (Smith)
2. Johnson (Johnson)
3. Williams (Williams)
4. Jones (Jones)
5. Brown (Brown)
6. Davis (Davis)
7. Miller (Miller)
8. Wilson (Wilson)
9. Moore (Moore)
10. Taylor (Taylor)
11. Anderson (Anderson)
12. Thomas (Thomas)
13. Jackson (Jackson)
14. White (White)
15. Harris (Harris)
16. Martin (Martin)
17. Thompson (Thompson)
18. Garcia (Garcia)
19. Martinez (Martinez)
20 Robinson
As you can see, both of these lists have similar champions. The American Smith (1) has the Russian counterpart Kuznetsov (3), and the Johnson-Ivan pair is in second place both there and there. Interestingly, purely Latin American realities have already crept into the American top - Garcia and Martinez. Surnames like Petrosyan or Mammadov have not yet been included in our top :)
“Whatever you call a boat, so it will float,” the famous captain Vrungel sang. And does his surname affect human destiny? If your last name is the most popular in the world, are you destined to become just as popular? To find out, let's take a look at the most common surnames in the world.
Most Popular Surnames
The largest number - 300 million people - on Earth have the surname Li, Chang (Zhang), Wang. It is not difficult for us to guess that they are Chinese. In fact, this is because the Chinese have nothing to choose from - there are a billion 300 million people, but there are only about 500 variants of Chinese surnames. For comparison, it is much easier for Russians - we have 15 thousand versions of family names.Anyone understands that if there are a lot of people, but there are very few options, then a kind of shortage is created. Therefore, wherever you look - everywhere is Lee or Van. Li's citizens are as many as 100,000,000 people. It is difficult to imagine such an "army" of namesakes. 7.9% of Chinese people are just Li. And how many more Vietnamese and even Russians ... There is a hieroglyph of the same name in Chinese writing. He gave the name to this surname. This hieroglyph means strength.
The Chinese surname Zhang (Chang) is translated as a clan. There is another meaning of this word - the head of the book. Therefore, the surname Zhang speaks either of numerous kinship, or that its bearer is related to literature in his professional activities. Of course, this refers to the historical origin of the generic name. There are also about 100 million such namesakes.
The most common surname in Russia
Attempts to find out which surnames are most common in Russia have been made more than once. One of the first studies was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century by the Oxford philologist Ottokar Genrikhovich Unbegaun, a native of Russia. He took up research in St. Petersburg, opening his address book. It was called "All Petersburg". According to this Russian scholar, in the Northern capital the most common surname for 1910 was Ivanov. And this is not surprising. After all, it comes from the “most Russian” name - Ivan. 
By the way, the second attempt to investigate the Russian surnames of already modern Russia, undertaken by Anatoly Fedorovich Zhuravlev, again brought the same surname - Ivanov, to the leaders.
And only research by scientists from the Medical Genetic Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences changed this result. Scientists took up the study of the issue on a large scale - they conditionally divided the country into hypothetical regions and studied them separately. In the end, their answer is that the Smirnovs won! A surname derived from the Russian word for "peace". In the Unbegaun rating, the Smirnovs are second, while Zhuravlev is fourth. In general, the first five of Unbegaun looks like this: Ivanov, Smirnov, Kuznetsov, Popov, Vasiliev. Option A.F. Zhuravleva: Ivanov, Vasiliev, Petrov, Smirnov, Mikhailov. And according to the third version, the popularity rating of Russian surnames looks like this: Smirnov, Ivanov, Kuznetsov, Popov, Sokolov.
Comparing all three works, we can say that the most common surnames in Russia are the surnames Ivanov and Smirnov, present on the top lines of popularity in all studies.
It should be noted that one of the most popular surnames in Russia is the surname Kuznetsov. If it is translated into English, then we get the most common surname in North America (after the Chinese surname Lee, which is also common there) - Smith. On the planet, about 4,000,000 bear this surname. And if we add to the translations also options - Kovalev, Koval, then perhaps this surname "by the whole world" competes with the Chinese popularity ratings.
In contrast to the common surnames of Russia, we will consider options for the most unique, interesting and original surnames. I must say that the "surname" in translation means family, family. This is the name of the genus, leading its existence from distant ancestors. It must be said that initially the surname was the nickname of a person, speaking about his personal characteristics or profession, or personality traits.
Today, if you look at the telephone directory, you can see very funny, but at the same time unique names. We read there - God's Will, Nebeyvdrug, Killwolf.
Most Common Names
One of the most common names on the planet, which is not surprising, belongs again to the Chinese. Often there are men named Kim in the world.In Russia, men are most often called Alexandra. The name is international, it can be found among other languages.
But, despite the fact that the name Kim belongs to the largest nation on Earth, and men named Alexander are found all over the world, the most common male name in the world is Muhammad and its variants. In honor of the prophet of Islam, newborn boys are most often named in all countries where this religion is widespread.
Among female names, Anna and its variations hold the palm. Translated from Hebrew, it means - favor, favor, blessing. You can read more about the most common names.
In India, in one of the provinces, parents "compete" in inventing unusual names for their offspring. There you can meet people who are called "Silver Dollar" or "Two Kilograms of Rice."
There is a woman in the USA whose name consists of 598 letters. And the lady refuses to cut it. Well, at least close friends are allowed to call her a short version of the name, otherwise, while they would welcome the hostess, having come to visit, they would already have to say goodbye.
Among famous people, the leader in terms of the unusual name is the artist Pablo Picasso, whose full name sounds - Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomukeno Crispin Crispiano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso. There are 93 letters in total. True, for the Spaniards, such pretentiousness is not a very rare occurrence.
The most common surname in the world
So, the ranking of the most common surnames looks like this: the top lines are occupied by the Chinese Li, Zhang and Wang. Next comes the Vietnamese surname - Nguyen. Following Nguyen are Hispanic Garcia, Gonzalez, Hernandez. Then the Anglo-American Smiths. And, finally, the Russian Smirnovs. Rounding out the top ten popular surnames are the Millers (Mullers, Millyars) - which in Russian means - a miller.Subscribe to our channel in Yandex.Zen
