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Family name Kirov (Kirov
, קירוב
, Костриков
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Kirov is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is a common surname, North Macedonia, where it is quite a common surname, and Serbia, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Bulgaria, Russia, and North Macedonia. Very seldom, Kirov is the forename as well as the last name.