Gončarov

Name: Gončarov: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: ruski pisac realističkih romana; u klasičnom djelu Oblomov , dao prototip »suvišna čovjeka«, talentiranog plemića, ali potpuno nesposobnog za bilo kakvu aktivnost, usp

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

Gončarov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. In Belarus it is the 82nd most common surname.

CZCzechia1 in 535K(measured from records)
BYBelarus≈1 in 1.5Kas Гончаров
RURussia≈1 in 2.2Kas Гончаров

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gončarov itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Russia (inferred from the name graph)
: 2 (measured from records)
Record sources: 170 (measured from records)
: 1 in 535K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

ГончаровCyrillic

GoncharovLatin

Locally spelled Гончаров in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, BY Belarus and 2 more, Goncharov in CZ Czechia and Goncearov in MD Moldova.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

recorded in Croatian

ruski pisac realističkih romana; u klasičnom djelu Oblomov , dao prototip »suvišna čovjeka«, talentiranog plemića, ali potpuno nesposobnog za bilo kakvu aktivnost, usp. oblomovština

Cited for this meaning 1

Hrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Gončarov counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gončarov is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
RU Russia	#171	≈66,000 est.	≈1 in 2.2K	—	Гончаров	170
UA Ukraine	#233	≈15,000 est.	≈1 in 2.5K	—	Гончаров	59
BY Belarus	#82	≈6,100 est.	≈1 in 1.5K	5	Гончаров	25
UZ Uzbekistan	—	≈2,800 est.	≈1 in 13K	—	Гончаров	7
KG Kyrgyzstan	—	≈490 est.	≈1 in 15K	—	Гончаров	12
MD Moldova	—	≈450 est.	≈1 in 5.3K	—	Goncearov	5
CZ Czechia	—	20	1 in 535K	20	Goncharov	13

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

Gončarov is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Czech surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Czechia
Also written Goncarov
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Goncarov
Lithuanian surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Lithuania
Also written Goncarov
German surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Germany, United States
Languages: German, English
Also written Goncarov

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

Ekaterina Nikolaevna Goncharovab. 1809RUnot in their usual name(1809-1843)
Ivan Goncharovb. 1812RURussian novelist and official (1812–1891)
Vasily Goncharovb. 1861RURussian film director and screenwriter (1861—1915)
Andrey Goncharovb. 1918RUSoviet theatre director (1918-2001)
German Goncharovb. 1928RUsoviet/Russian nuclear physicist, engineer and mathematician (1928-2009)
Alexander Goncharovb. 1960USAmerican mathematician
Ruslan Honcharovb. 1973UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian ice dancer
Valeriy Honcharovb. 1977UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian gymnast
Vasiliy Goncharovb. 1984RURussian musician
Uladzislau Hancharoub. 1995BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian trampoline gymnast (born 1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Gončarov
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	20	#53,343

Reference works 1

Wikipedia surname tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gončarov mean?: Recorded meaning: ruski pisac realističkih romana; u klasičnom djelu Oblomov , dao prototip »suvišna čovjeka«, talentiranog plemića, ali potpuno nesposobnog za bilo kakvu aktivnost, usp.
In which country does Gončarov have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 66 thousand people named Гончаров in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Gončarov most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gončarov is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 535 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gončarov?: In Czechia, the national register counted 20 people named Gončarov, about 1 in 535 thousand residents.
How common is Gončarov compared with other names?: In Russia, Gončarov is the 171st most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gončarov” — the 171st most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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