Spasov
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/spesəv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Spasov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country, where it is the 53rd most common surname.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 133Kas Спасов
- RSSerbia≈1 in 28K
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 Spasov 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.
- Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 107 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Спасов in RU Russia, MK North Macedonia and Spassov in DE Germany.
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 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Spasov 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #53 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Spasov | 107 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Спасов | 104 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Spasov | 12 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 444K | — | Spassov | 24 |
| ES Spain | — | 174 | 1 in 287K | 174 | Spasov | 18 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 107 | 1 in 79K | 107 | Spasov | 5 |
| MK North Macedonia | #321 | 72as Спасов | 1 in 30K | 72 | Спасов | 16 |
| MD Moldova | — | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Spasov | 3 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); State Statistical Office — living population names. 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)
- Vasil Spasovb. 1919BGBulgarian footballer and manager (1919-1996)
- Radoslav Spasovb. 1943BGBulgarian cinematographer
- Liuben Spassovb. 1943BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian chess player (1943–2023)
- Bozhidar Spasovb. 1949BGBulgarian composer
- Emil Spasovb. 1956BGBulgarian footballer
- Nikola Spasovb. 1958BGBulgarian football player/manager (1958-2020)
- Viktor Spasovb. 1959UASoviet pole vaulter (1959–2005)
- Theodosii Spassovb. 1961BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian musician
- Ferario Spasovb. 1962BGBulgarian footballer
- Vasil Spasovb. 1971BGBulgarian chess grandmaster
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 174 | #18,383 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 174 | #18,318 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 107 | #10,464 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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
- How do you pronounce Spasov?
- A machine transcription gives /spesəv/ (IPA) for Bulgarian.
- In which country does Spasov have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Spasov in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled spasov.
- How common is the name Spasov?
- In Spain, the national register counted 174 people named Spasov, about 1 in 287 thousand residents.
- How common is Spasov compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Spasov is the 53rd most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Spasov?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/spasovThe 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, “Spasov” — the 53rd most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.