Yolkin
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yolkin is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Ukraine. Recorded meaning: of any of the various Russ, names beginning with the syl¬ lable Yel-. None of these names is individually very frequent; they include Yelevferi (Gk Eleutherios ‘Eree’) and Yelizar (Hebr.
- UAUkraine
- ILIsrael
- RURussia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
of any of the various Russ, names beginning with the syl¬ lable Yel-. None of these names is individually very frequent; they include Yelevferi (Gk Eleutherios ‘Eree’) and Yelizar (Hebr. Eliezer, see Lazar). 2. patr. from the nickname Yolka ‘Fir’ (a dim. of the common noun yel, cogn. with Pol. jodla fir, spruce), given perhaps to a tall, thin man, or to someone who lived by a fir tree. Yourston see Yorkston
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- UAUkraine
- RURussia
- ILIsrael
- USUnited States
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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 Yoklinb. 1903RUnot in their usual nameSoviet physician
- Sergey Elkinb. 1962RUnot in their usual nameRussian cartoonist
- Oleg Yolkinb. 1986RURussian 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 4 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 26 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 26 | #77,389 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #277,233 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yolkin mean, and where does it come from?
- of any of the various Russ, names beginning with the syl¬ lable Yel-. None of these names is individually very frequent; they include Yelevferi (Gk Eleutherios ‘Eree’) and Yelizar (Hebr. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- In which country does Yolkin have the most bearers?
- Yolkin is most frequently recorded in Ukraine.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yolkinThe 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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yolkin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.