Sakarov
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sakarov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kazakhstan than in any other country.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 314K(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 1.8M
- KZKazakhstan1 in 39Kas Шакаров
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 Sakarov 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.
- Kazakhstan (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 314K (inferred from the name graph)
485 named Шакаров, 2021
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Шакаров in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia.
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 in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sakarov 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ Kazakhstan | 485as Шакаров | 1 in 39K | 485 | Шакаров | 5 |
| BG Bulgaria | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 314K | — | Sakarov | 17 |
| CZ Czechia | 6 | 1 in 1.8M | 6 | — | — |
| RU Russia | — | — | — | Шакаров | 8 |
485 people counted by 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence, 2021. 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: 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence; MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)
- Ivan Petrovich Sakharovb. 1807RUnot in their usual nameRussian folklorist (1807–1863)
- Viktor Sakharovb. 1848RUnot in their usual nameRussian general and cabinet minister (1848–1905)
- Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharovb. 1853UAnot in their usual nameRussian general of cavallery
- Alexander Sakharoffb. 1886UAnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer (1886–1963)
- Andrei Sakharovb. 1921RUnot in their usual nameSoviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
- Yuri Sakharovb. 1922UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian chess player (1922–1981)
- Andrey Sakharovb. 1930RUnot in their usual nameSoviet historian (1930–2019)
- Vladimir Sakharovb. 1948RUnot in their usual nameRussian footballer
- Alik Sakharovb. 1959USnot in their usual nameSoviet-American cinematographer
- Anton Sakharovb. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian footballer
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 1 sources across 0 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
- In which country does Sakarov have the most bearers?
- In Kazakhstan, the national register counted about 485 people named Шакаров, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sakarov?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 6 people named Sakarov, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sakarovThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sakarov”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.