Smirnov (surname)

Smirnov (masculine, Russian: Смирнов) or Smirnova (feminine, Russian: Смирнова) is one of the two most common surnames in Russia.[1] Variants of transliteration: Smirnoff, Smirnow or Smyrnov. Smirnov (Russian: Смирнов) is derived from an adjectival nickname smirnyj (Russian: смирный; in archaic form smirnoy, Russian: смирной), that means "quiet, still, peaceful, gentle".[2]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.5% of all known bearers of the surname Smirnov were residents of Russia (frequency 1:585), 3.9% of Ukraine (1:2,708), 2.5% of Uzbekistan (1:2,829), 2.3% of Belarus (1:939) and 2.2% of Kazakhstan (1:1,811).

In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:385) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:[3][4]

Smirnov

  • Aleksandr Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Alexandra Smirnoff (1838–1913), Finnish pomologist
  • Alexei Smirnov, Russian particle physicist
  • Alexey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Anatoly Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Andrei Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Anton Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Artem Smirnov, Ukrainian tennis player
  • Boris Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Dmitry Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Evgeny Smirnov, Ukrainian DJ and producer known by his stage name Omnia
  • Igor Smirnov (b. 1941), the President of the internationally unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic
  • Igor Smirnov, scientist, father of the field psychoecology.
  • Ivan Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Karin Smirnov, author and daughter of August Strindberg
  • Leonid Smirnov (footballer) (1889–1980), Russian football player
  • Leonid Smirnov (politician) (1916–2001), Soviet politician and engineer
  • Lev Smirnov (1911–1986), Soviet statesman and jurist
  • Maksim Smirnov (b. 1979), Estonian football midfielder
  • Mikhail Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Nestor Smirnov (1878–1942), Russian zoologist
  • Nikolai Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Oleg Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Pavel Smirnov (1882–1947), Russian historian
  • Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), Russian businessman, founder of the Smirnoff vodka brand
  • Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Soviet Navy
  • Sergey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Stanislav Smirnov, mathematician
  • Valentin Smirnov (b. 1986), Russian middle distance runner
  • Valentin Panteleimonovich Smirnov, nuclear fusion physicist
  • Vasily Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Vladimir Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
  • Yakov Smirnoff (b. 1951), Soviet-born American comedian
  • Yefim Smirnov (1904–1989), Russian military physician

Smirnova

Other variations

  • Māris Smirnovs (b. 1976), Latvian soccer defender
  • Nikolay Smirnov-Sokolsky (1898–1962), Soviet actor
  • Karina Smirnoff (b. 1978), professional ballroom dancer
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References

  1. Fedulova, A. (15 January 2016) САМЫЕ РАСПРОСТРАНЕННЫЕ ФАМИЛИИ В РОССИИ. moiarussia.ru
  2. Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
  3. Балановская Е. В., Балановский О. П. (2007). Русский генофонд на Русской равнине (in Russian). Moscow. pp. 165–216. ISBN 978-5-87140-267-2. See also the web version Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine of the list.
  4. Smirnov surname distribution. forebears.co.uk
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