Semenova
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Semenova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 20th most common surname.
- BYBelarus≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 16K
- RURussia≈1 in 1Kas Семенова
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 Semenova 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)
- #638 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 166 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 named Семенова, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belarus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Семенова in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 2 more and Semjonova in LV Latvia, EE Estonia.
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 across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Semenova 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 | #20 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Семенова | 166 |
| UA Ukraine | #215 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Семенова | 52 |
| BY Belarus | #55 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Семенова | 25 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #122 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | Семенова | 41 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Семенова | 8 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,015 | 1 in 38K | 1K | Semenova | 16 |
| EE Estonia | #117 | 496as Semjonova | 1 in 2.5K | 496 | Semjonova | 22 |
| LV Latvia | #157 | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Semjonova | 29 |
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); Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Semenova is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta (vidējciems) Balvu novadā (2009.-2021. g. Viļakas novadā, 1990.-2009. g. Balvu rajonā) 35 km no Balviem un 6 km no Viļakas, izveidojusies bijušās Semjonovas pusmuižas teritorijā, Medņevas pagasta administratīvais centrs
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ekaterina Semenovab. 1786RURussian actress (1786-1849)
- M.N. Semenovab. 1915RURussian (Soviet) botanist
- Tatiana Semenovab. 1920RURussian ballerina (1920–1996)
- Galina Semyonovab. 1937RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician and journalist (1937-2017)
- Lidia Semenovab. 1951UAUkrainian chess player
- Maria Semyonovab. 1958RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer, translator, and science fiction author (born 1958)
- Angelina Semjonovab. 1960EEnot in their usual nameEstonian actress (1960–2011)
- Kseniia Semenovab. 1990UAUkrainian activist and teacher
- Ksenia Semenovab. 1992RURussian artistic gymnast
- Anastasiia Semenovab. 1999RUbadminton 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 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 1K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1K | #3,039 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- In which country does Semenova have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 138 thousand people named Семенова in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Semenova?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,015 people named Semenova in 2026, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
- How common is Semenova compared with other names?
- In Russia, Semenova is the 20th most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Semenova?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/semenovaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Semenova” — the 20th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.