Russian Surname

244,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Russian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Russian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela8601:35,1212,017
Italy3141:194,76728,331
Argentina2911:146,88512,431
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
Afghanistan171:1,891,36413,978
Israel111:777,96750,646
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
England61:9,286,343223,652
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:570,66738,849

Russian (291) may also be a first name.

Russian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Russian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Russian (Russian: Руссиан) is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Russian? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 244,412th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,470,887 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Russian live; 74 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Caribbean South America. Russian is also the 517,703rd most numerous first name internationally, held by 291 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Venezuela, where it is held by 860 people, or 1 in 35,121. In Venezuela it is most numerous in: Miranda, where 23 percent are found, Anzoátegui, where 20 percent are found and Monagas, where 12 percent are found. Besides Venezuela this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 19 percent are found and Argentina, where 18 percent are found.

Russian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Russian has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Russian last name increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roussian9310/
Rhussian932/
Russiang931/
Rusian92196/
Russion86100/
Rossian8698/
Rousian8647/
Russjan8636/
Russean8634/
Rusgian8625/
Rusihan8625/
Rusiang8620/
Rissian8618/
Russyan8616/
Rusiant8614/
Rushian865/
Russiam862/
Ruscian860/
Russianova8216/
Rusiatin8030/
Raussean8019/
Roussean8012/
Russeean8011/
Russihon801/
Ruhsiang801/
Roussion801/
Rosian77934/
Rusjan77532/
Rusyan77360/
Risian7724/
Rusiam7714/
Ruxian7710/
Rusean773/
Rusianova755/
Rosihan71648/
Rossion71552/
Roscian7187/
Ruseean7155/
Rusehan7122/
Rossyan7116/
Ruixian7111/
Rushion718/
Rouxian718/
Ruzihan715/
Roesian713/
Roshian712/
Rusjang712/
Rusjhan711/
Rushyan711/
Risihan711/
Rousean711/
Rosiaan711/
Rusyant711/
Rission710/
Russyon710/
Rosiean710/
Ruchihan67238/
Rousseon6743/
Rusyatin6729/
Roushion6721/
Rosayian671/
Raushyan671/
Raushion671/
Rushyant671/
Ruscione671/
Ruschion671/
Ruizjean671/
Hrishian671/

Russian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Russian in the Russian language
Руссианrussian-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Russian
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