Zotova

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/zoʊtoʊvə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zotova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RURussia≈1 in 4.2Kas Зотова(inferred from the name graph)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 19Kas Зотова
  • KZKazakhstan≈1 in 23Kas Зотова

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 Zotova 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)

≈33,000 named Зотова, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZotovaLatin(measured from records)
ЗотоваCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Зотова in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 3 more.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zotova 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 Zotova is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#366≈33,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K—Зотова159
UA Ukraine—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 19K—Зотова31
KZ Kazakhstan—≈830 est.≈1 in 23K—Зотова34
BY Belarus—≈770 est.≈1 in 12K—Зотова17
UZ Uzbekistan—≈500 est.≈1 in 61K—Зотова6
KG Kyrgyzstan—≈160 est.≈1 in 36K—Зотова10
PL Poland—1591 in 241K159Zotova5
EE Estonia—≈18 est.≈1 in 70KlistedZotova5

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zotova is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Spain, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zótova

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Zotová

28 further groups 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(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Zotova
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026159—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—159#20,366

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Zotova?
A machine transcription gives /zoʊtoʊvə/ (IPA) for Russian.
In which country does Zotova have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Зотова in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Zotova?
In Poland, the national register counted 159 people named Zotova in 2026, about 1 in 241 thousand residents.
How common is Zotova compared with other names?
In Russia, Zotova is the 366th 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 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, “Zotova” — the 366th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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