Mikhailov
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mikhailov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ukrainian Михайлов (Myxajlov).
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 1.1Kas Михайлов
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.3Kas Mihaylov
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 Mikhailov 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)
- #712 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 182 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Михайлов, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uzbekistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Михайлов in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, UZ Uzbekistan, Mihaylov in BG Bulgaria, PL Poland, Mihajlov in RS Serbia and Mihailov 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(measured from records)
Borrowed from Ukrainian Михайлов (Myxajlov).
Sources 1
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mikhailov 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 | #40 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Михайлов | 182 |
| UA Ukraine | #235 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Михайлов | 51 |
| BG Bulgaria | #33 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Mihaylov | 140 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | #134 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Михайлов | 8 |
| RS Serbia | #542 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Mihajlov | 33 |
| PL Poland | — | 941as Mykhailov | 1 in 41K | 941 | Mihaylov | 10 |
| MD Moldova | #74 | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Mihailov | 14 |
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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stefan Nerezovb. 1867BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian general (1867–1925)
- Anatoly Mikhailovb. 1936RUathletics competitor (1936–2022)
- Boris Mikhailovb. 1938UAUkrainian photographer (born 1938)
- Boris Mikhailovb. 1944RUSoviet ice hockey player
- Atanas Mihaylovb. 1949BGBulgarian footballer (1949-2006)
- Borislav Mihaylovb. 1963BGBulgarian footballer (1963–2026)
- Stas Mikhaylovb. 1969RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
- Sergey Mihaylovb. 1976UZboxer
- Nikolay Mihaylovb. 1988BGBulgarian association football player
- Maxim Mikhaylovb. 1988RUnot in their usual nameRussian 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 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 70 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 70 | #39,013 |
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 Mikhailov mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Ukrainian Михайлов (Myxajlov). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Mikhailov have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 127 thousand people named Михайлов in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Mikhailov?
- In Poland, the national register counted 941 people named Mykhailov in 2026, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.
- How common is Mikhailov compared with other names?
- In Russia, Mikhailov is the 40th most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mikhailovThe 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, “Mikhailov” — the 40th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.