Kalašnikov

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Kalashnikov

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

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

rarermore common
  • RURussia≈1 in 4.4Kas Калашников(inferred from the name graph)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 14Kas Калашніков
  • HRCroatia≈1 in 1.7M

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 Kalašnikov 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)

≈32,000 named Калашников, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
164 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.7M (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

КалашниковCyrillic(measured from records)
KalashnikovLatin(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Калашников in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan, BY Belarus and 1 more, Kalashnikov in PL Poland, TT Trinidad & Tobago and Калашніков in UA Ukraine.

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)

Kalashnikov

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kalašnikov 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 Kalašnikov is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#400≈32,000 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Калашников164
UA Ukraine#958≈3,200 est.≈1 in 14K—Калашніков42
BY Belarus—≈560 est.≈1 in 17K—Калашников19
UZ Uzbekistan—≈350 est.≈1 in 87K—Калашников7
PL Poland—238as Kalashnikov1 in 161K238Kalashnikov12
KG Kyrgyzstan—≈210 est.≈1 in 28K—Калашников14
TT Trinidad & Tobago—≈19 est.≈1 in 64K—Kalashnikov1
HR Croatia—≈3 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Kalašnikov3

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)

Kalašnikov is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Kalasnikov

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kalasnikov

  • Czech name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kalasnikov

  • German surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Kalasnikov

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kalasnikov

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)

1850190019502000Aleksandra Kalashnikov, b. 1884Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, b. 1919Leonid Kalashnikov, b. 1926Victor Kalashnikov, b. 1942Leonid Kalashnikov, b. 1960Oleg Kalashnikov, b. 1962Andriy Kalashnikov, b. 1964Maxim Kalashnikov, b. 1966Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, b. 1985Oksana Kalashnikova, b. 1990

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)

FormalУважаемый Kalašnikov!Dear Kalašnikov, (English)
InformalПривет, Kalašnikov!Hi Kalašnikov, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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 Kalašnikov mean, and where does it come from?
Kalashnikov Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Kalašnikov?
A machine transcription gives /kɑɫənɪkɑv/ (IPA) for Russian.
In which country does Kalašnikov have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Калашников in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kalašnikov?
In Poland, the national register counted 238 people named Kalashnikov in 2026, about 1 in 161 thousand residents.
How common is Kalašnikov compared with other names?
In Russia, Kalašnikov is the 400th 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, “Kalašnikov” — the 400th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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