Thread: My family name

My family name is Кузнетсов, is that quite common in russia?

Yes, quite common, only it's written like this: Кузнецов.

I checked, it's the 5th common last name in Russia.

This is the top 5:

1. Ivanov (who would have guessed? )
2. Smirnov
3. Vasiliev
4. Petrov
5. Kuznecov

Not only in Russia, but in many countries there are similiar surnames, for example 'Smith'... AFAIK it is one of the most common family name in the world

1. Ivanov (who would have guessed? )
2. Smirnov
3. Vasiliev
4. Petrov
5. Kuznecov

I add also Sidorov. We have lots of jokes naming these three: Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov. As for the English equivalents I could only think up of 'Tom, Dick and Harry'.

I don't see Sidorov on this list...

1 Иванов (Ivanov) 5,043,000
2 Смирнов (Smirnov) 3,419,000
3 Васильев (Vasilev) 2,464,000
4 Петров (Petrov) 2,310,000
5 Кузнецов (Kyznetsov) 2,048,000
6 Федоров (Fedorov) 1,648,000
7 Михайлов (Mikhailov) 1,609,000
8 Соколов (Sokolov) 1,484,000
9 Павлов (Pavlov) 1,437,000
10 Семенов (Semenov) 1,350,000
11 Степанов (Stepanov) 1,267,000
12 Егоров (Egorov) 1,253,000
13 Николаев (Nikolaev) 1,212,000
14 Козлов (Kozlov) 1,183,000
15 Попов (Popov) 1,178,000
16 Лебедев (Lebedev) 1,175,000
17 Яковлев (Yakovlev) 1,158,000
18 Волков (Volkv) 1,145,000
19 Григорьев (Grigorev) 1,069,000
20 Морозов (Morozov) 1,047,000
21 Новиков (Novikov) 1,034,000
22 Никитин (Nikitin) 1,014,000
23 Дмитриев (Dmitriev) 951,000
24 Кузьмин (Kuzmin) 892,000
25 Александров (Aleksandrov) 878,000
26 Зайцев (Zaitsev) 840,000
27 Захаров (Zakharov) 822,000
28 Богданов (Bogdanov) 796,000
29 Воробьев (Vorobev) 767,000
30 Белов (Belov) 729,000
31 Баранов (Baranov) 713,000
32 Филиппов (Filippov) 706,000
33 Тимофеев (Timofeev) 692,000
34 Ефимов (Efimov) 677,000
35 Борисов (Boricov) 674,000
36 Ильин (Ilin) 663,000
37 Киселев (Kiselev) 654,000
38 Фролов (Frolov) 627,000
39 Сорокин (Sorokin) 590,000
40 Голубев (Golubev) 581,000
41 Поляков (Polyakov) 579,000
42 Осипов (Osipov) 573,000
43 Ковалев (Kovalev) 536,000
44 Тарасов (Tarasov) 528,000
45 Беляев (Belyaev) 501,000
46 Герасимов (Gerasimov) 499,000
47 Миронов (Mironov) 485,000
48 Мельников (Melnikov) 483,000
49 Абрамов (Abramtsov) 466,000
50 Журавлев (Zhuravlev) 455,000
51 Власов (Vlasov) 454,000
52 Титов (Titov) 453,000
53 Данилов (Danilov) 443,000
54 Коваленко (Kovalenko) 437,000
55 Назаров (Nazarov) 426,000
56 Карпов (Karpov) 422,000
57 Денисов (Denisov) 404,000
58 Тихонов (Tikhonov) 398,000
59 Савельев (Savelev) 389,000
60 Громов (Gromov) 386,000
61 Тихомиров (Tikhomirov) 384,000
62 Фомин (Fomin) 367,000
63 Щербаков (Shcherbakov) 367,000
64 Анисимов (Anisimov) 335,000
65 Ермаков (Ermakov) 335,000
66 Чистяков (Chistyakov) 335,000
67 Быков (Bykov) 329,000
68 Леонов (Leonov) 327,000
69 Воронин (Voronin) 318,000
70 Игнатьев (Ignatev) 304,000
71 Евдокимов (Evdokimov) 301,000
72 Архипов (Arkhipov) 300,000
73 Чернов (Chernov) 299,000
74 Беляков (Belyakov) 290,000
75 Пономарев (Ponomarev) 283,000
76 Филатов (Filatov) 283,000
77 Прохоров (Prokhorov) 265,000
78 Воронов (Voronov) 264,000
79 Колесников (Kolesnikov) 257,000
80 Климов (Klimov) 255,000
81 Логинов (Loginov) 254,000
82 Савин (Savin) 254,000
83 Нестеров (Nesterov) 248,000
84 Демидов (Demidov) 247,000
85 Лобанов (Lobanov) 244,000
86 Аксенов (Aksenov) 243,000
87 Лукин (Lukin) 240,000
88 Белоусов (Belousov) 229,000
89 Спиридонов (Spiridonov) 227,000
90 Юдин (Yudin) 226,000
91 Акимов (Akimov) 217,000
92 Суворов (Suvorov) 217,000
93 Ларионов (Larionov) 216,000
94 Лукьянов (Lukanov) 214,000
95 Ушаков (Ushakov) 207,000
96 Петренко (Petrenko) 206,000
97 Бирюков (Biryukov) 204,000
98 Хохлов (Khokhlov) 204,000
99 Филимонов (Filimonov) 202,000
100 Чернышев (Chernyshev) 200,000

I believe "Chang" is the most common familyname in the world...

Chang aka Smith
So what does Кузнецов mean?

Originally Posted by Jasper May

I believe "Chang" is the most common familyname in the world...

Actually, "Wong", I guess

Кузнецов goes from "кузнец" which means "smith".

Wouldn't be surprised if Chang or Wong actually meant 'smith' as well.

al,
The most common surname in the world is Chang. So you were wong, er i mean "wrong".

Originally Posted by piehunt

al,
The most common surname in the world is Chang. So you were wong, er i mean "wrong".

Hmm here in Vancouver the most common surname among the Chinese is 'Wong' BTW, it means 'King'.

There may be many millions of Changs, but they're mostly concentrated in China, so that's kind of inaccurate. Technically the most common language in the world is Mandarin Chinese, but good luck being understood with that when you go to Europe, Africa, the Americas, Middle East, most of Asia....

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Kinda funny. My last name is Russian, and it is actually Мальчик. Yes I know it means boy. We spell it Malchick in English. There are soem Malchicks in New York, but we live in Chicago. They have no relation to us. [/code]

"King" in Chenese will be Wang, not Wong.

There is Мальчик family name in Russia, I heard this somewhere.

Originally Posted by Propp

"King" in Chenese will be Wang, not Wong.

And what about Wong then?

2. Smirnov

I wander if thats where the name for Smirnoff vodka originated from?

Of course it is.

Of course it is.

You said that as if it were obvious .