Shatunov Surname

90,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Shatunov Surname User-submission:

The surname Shatunov has several possible origins:

1. From the word shatun, meaning 'one who walks from place to place' in Russian. Therefore it means that people with this surname were engaged in some kind of movement or professional travel, such as trade or nomadism.

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Shatunov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia4,6981:30,6784,194
Ukraine3591:126,80417,923
Belarus1101:86,37313,605
Kazakhstan451:392,94430,781
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Kyrgyzstan191:314,35027,488
Moldova111:323,76125,884
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Shatunov Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Shatunov has several possible origins:

1. From the word shatun, meaning 'one who walks from place to place' in Russian. Therefore it means that people with this surname were engaged in some kind of movement or professional travel, such as trade or nomadism.

2. From the verb shatatsya, meaning 'to stagger', 'to wander aimlessly from place to place' in Russian. Therefore this surname originated as a nickname for a certain dissolute or fickle person.

3. From the name Shatun. Therefore it means 'descendant of Shatun'.

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Shatunov Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shatunov (Russian: Шатунов) is most common in Russia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shatunov click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shatunov? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shatunov is the 90,339th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,373,454 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Shatunov are found; 76 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 76 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 4,698 people, or 1 in 30,678. In Russia Shatunov is most frequent in: Kirov Oblast, where 13 percent live, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Udmurt Republic, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Russia this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 7 percent live and Belarus, where 2 percent live.

Shatunov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Shatunov surname is predominantly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Shatunov last name are 4.73% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 51.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

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Shatunov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shatunov in the Russian language
Шатуновsatunov-

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