Golubev
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Golubev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. In Estonia it is the 41st most common surname. In Russian, recorded as (cogn. with Pol. golgb and ultimately with L columba-, see Colomb), denoting a mild-mannered or peace-loving Goldspink English Goldfinch.
- RURussia≈1 in 3.2Kas Голубев(inferred from the name graph)
- BYBelarus≈1 in 3.7Kas Голубев
- UAUkraine≈1 in 18Kas Голубєв
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 Golubev 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)
- Sources
- 164 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈45,000 named Голубев, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Голубев in RU Russia, BY Belarus, EE Estonia and 3 more, Голубєв in UA Ukraine and Голубевс in LV Latvia.
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(measured from records)
(cogn. with Pol. golgb and ultimately with L columba-, see Colomb), denoting a mild-mannered or peace-loving Goldspink English Goldfinch. ME spink was another name for the finch, (E Anglia); nickname from the probably of imitative origin and largely confined to the N English dialects.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Golubev is read(measured from records)
Golubev is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Russian75%
(cogn. with Pol. golgb and ultimately with L columba-, see Colomb), denoting a mild-mannered or peace-loving Goldspink English Goldfinch. ME spink was another name for the finch, (E Anglia); nickname from the probably of imitative origin and largely confined to the N English dialects.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
(cogn. with Pol. gotqb and ultimately with L columba; see Colomb), denoting a mild-mannered or peace-loving man.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
- English6.4%
A transliteration of the Russian surname Голу́бев (Golúbev).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Golubev 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #235 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Голубев | 164 |
| BY Belarus | #194 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 5 | Голубев | 25 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Голубєв | 30 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Голубев | 5 |
| CN China | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.8M | — | Голубев | 4 |
| FI Finland | #588 | 94 | 1 in 59K | 94 | Голубев | 6 |
| EE Estonia | #41 | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 232 | Голубев | 13 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Голубевс | 17 |
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); the ee-stat-nimed register; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vladimir Vasilevich Golubevb. 1884RURussian mathematician (1884-1954)
- Evgeny Golubevb. 1910RURussian composer (1910–1988)
- Viktor Golubevb. 1916RUSoviet aviator (1916–1945)
- Vasily Golubevb. 1925RUSoviet Russian artist (1925-1985)
- Aleksandr Golubevb. 1936RUsoviet and Russian intelligence officer
- Vasily Golubevb. 1957RURussian politician (born 1957)
- Aleksandr Golubevb. 1972RURussian speed skater
- Andrey Golubevb. 1987RUKazakhstani tennis player (born 1987)
- Cody Goloubefb. 1989CAnot in their usual nameCanadian ice hockey defenceman
- Valentin Golubevb. 1992RURussian volleyball player
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(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 232 | #226 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 94 | #13,341 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 8 | #12,979 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Golubev mean, and where does it come from?
- (cogn. with Pol. golgb and ultimately with L columba-, see Colomb), denoting a mild-mannered or peace-loving Goldspink English Goldfinch. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- In which country does Golubev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 45 thousand people named Голубев in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Golubev?
- In Finland, the national register counted 94 people named Golubev, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
- How common is Golubev compared with other names?
- In Russia, Golubev is the 235th most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/golubevThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Golubev” — the 235th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.