Vasiljev
surname · Latin script
Vasiljev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country.
- RSSerbia≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 37K
- LVLatvia≈1 in 74K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Serbia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈390 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Serbia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Vasiljev 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Serbia | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Vasiljev | 23 |
| FI Finland | 151 | 1 in 37K | 151 | Vasiljev | 5 |
| HR Croatia | 40 | 1 in 106K | 40 | Vasiljev | 18 |
| SE Sweden | 39 | 1 in 262K | 39 | Vasiljev | 6 |
| DE Germany | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | — | Vasiljev | 25 |
| LV Latvia | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Vasiljev | 10 |
| EE Estonia | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 26 | Vasiljev | 5 |
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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the ee-stat-nimed 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fyodor Vasilyevb. 1850RUnot in their usual nameRussian painter (1850-1873)
- Alexander Vasilievb. 1867USnot in their usual nameRussian 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. 1940RUnot in their usual nameSoviet dancer
- Anatoly Vasilievb. 1942RUnot in their usual nameRussian theatre director
- Anatoly Vasilyevb. 1946RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian actor (born 1946)
- Vladimir Vasilievb. 1949RUnot in their usual nameParliamentary 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 151 | #9,311 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 46 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 40 | #15,342 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 39 | #15,239 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 39 | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 26 | #4,124 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 7 | #14,106 |
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 Vasiljev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 389 people named Vasiljev in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vasiljev.
- How common is the name Vasiljev?
- In Finland, the national register counted 151 people named Vasiljev, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Vasiljev?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vasiljevThe 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, “Vasiljev”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.