Vasiliev
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vasɪʎiɛv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vasiliev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Derived from Russian Васи́льев (Vasílʹjev).
- RURussia≈1 in 244K(inferred from the name graph)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 28Kas Васільєв
- MDMoldova≈1 in 7.3K
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 Vasiliev 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.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 108 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500 named Васільєв, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Moldova, 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 Васільєв in UA Ukraine.
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)
Derived from Russian Васи́льев (Vasílʹjev).
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vasiliev 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Васільєв | 26 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 244K | — | Vasiliev | 108 |
| MD Moldova | #181 | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Vasiliev | 16 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Vasiliev | 9 |
| PL Poland | — | 257 | 1 in 149K | 250 | Vasiliev | 9 |
| FI Finland | — | 73 | 1 in 76K | 73 | — | 6 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 27K | listed | Vasiliev | 8 |
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); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Vasiliev 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 English, A transliteration of the Russian surname Васильев (Vasilʹjev).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Fyodor Vasilyevb. 1850RUnot in their usual nameRussian painter (1850-1873)
- Alexander Vasilievb. 1867USRussian historian (1867–1953)
- Georgi Vasilyevb. 1899RUnot in their usual nameSoviet film director, screenwriter and actor (1899–1946)
- Dmitri Vasilyevb. 1900RUnot in their usual nameSoviet film director
- Boris Vasilyevb. 1924RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian writer (1924—2013)
- Vladimir Vasilievb. 1940RUSoviet dancer
- Anatoly Vasilievb. 1942RURussian theatre director
- Anatoly Vasilyevb. 1946RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian actor (born 1946)
- Vladimir Vasilievb. 1949RUParliamentary Leader of United Russia
- Konstantin Vassiljevb. 1984EEnot in their usual nameEstonian footballer (born 1984)
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 15 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 250 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 250 | #13,082 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 73 | #16,481 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7 | #171,560 |
Reference works 1
- 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 Vasiliev mean, and where does it come from?
- Derived from Russian Васи́льев (Vasílʹjev). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Vasiliev?
- A machine transcription gives /vasɪʎiɛv/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- In which country does Vasiliev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Васільєв in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Vasiliev?
- In Poland, the national register counted 257 people named Vasiliev in 2026, about 1 in 149 thousand residents.
- How common is Vasiliev compared with other names?
- In Moldova, Vasiliev is the 181st most common surname of 6,301 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vasiliev?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vasilievThe 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, “Vasiliev” — the 181st most common surname in Moldova. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.