Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.5% of all known bearers of the surname Smirnov were residents of Russia (frequency 1:585), 3.9% of Ukraine (1:2,708), 2.5% of Uzbekistan (1:2,829), 2.3% of Belarus (1:939) and 2.2% of Kazakhstan (1:1,811).

In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:385) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:^[1][2]

• 1. Kostroma Oblast (1:29)
• 2. Ivanovo Oblast (1:77)
• 3. Yaroslavl Oblast (1:83)
• 4. Vologda Oblast (1:91)
• 5. Tver Oblast (1:101)
• 6. Mari El (1:167)
• 7. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1:178)
• 8. Pskov Oblast (1:185)
• 9. Jewish Autonomous Oblast (1:195)
• 10. Leningrad Oblast (1:211)
• 11. Novgorod Oblast (1:218)
• 12. Nenets Autonomous Okrug (1:219)
• 13. Saint Petersburg (1:221)
• 14. Murmansk Oblast (1:245)
• 15. Kamchatka Krai (1:250)
• 16. Vladimir Oblast (1:281)
• 17. Chuvashia (1:284)
• 18. Ryazan Oblast (1:303)
• 19. Moscow Oblast (1:312)
• 20. Smolensk Oblast (1:316)
• 21. Republic of Karelia (1:334)
• 22. Moscow (1:342)
• 23. Kaliningrad Oblast (1:346)
• 24. Kirov Oblast (1:375)
• 25. Tomsk Oblast (1:380)
• 26. Arkhangelsk Oblast (1:384)

Smirnov

• Aleksandr Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Alexandra Smirnoff (1838–1913), Finnish pomologist
• Alexei Smirnov, Russian particle physicist
• Alexey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Anatoly Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Andrei Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Anton Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Artem Smirnov, Ukrainian tennis player
• Boris Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Dmitry Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Evgeny Smirnov, Ukrainian DJ and producer known by his stage name Omnia
• Igor Smirnov (b. 1941), the President of the internationally unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic
• Igor Smirnov, scientist, father of the field psychoecology.
• Ivan Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Karin Smirnov, author and daughter of August Strindberg
• Leonid Smirnov (footballer) (1889–1980), Russian football player
• Leonid Smirnov (politician) (1916–2001), Soviet politician and engineer
• Lev Smirnov (1911–1986), Soviet statesman and jurist
• Maksim Smirnov (b. 1979), Estonian football midfielder
• Mikhail Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Nestor Smirnov (1878–1942), Russian zoologist
• Nikolai Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Oleg Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Pavel Smirnov (1882–1947), Russian historian
• Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), Russian businessman, founder of the Smirnoff vodka brand
• Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Soviet Navy
• Sergey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Stanislav Smirnov, mathematician
• Valentin Smirnov (b. 1986), Russian middle distance runner
• Valentin Panteleimonovich Smirnov, nuclear fusion physicist
• Vasily Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Vladimir Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Yakov Smirnoff (b. 1951), Soviet-born American comedian
• Yefim Smirnov (1904–1989), Russian military physician

Smirnova

• Lyudmila Smirnova (b. 1949), Russian figure skater
• Mariya Smirnova (b. 1920), Russian military pilot
• Sophia Smirnova (1852-1921), Russian writer
• Svetlana Smirnova née Veresova (b. 1962), Russian sport shooter
• Svetlana Smirnova (b. 1958), Russian Prima Ballerina
• Svetlana Smirnova (b. 1956), Russian actor
• Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova, astronomer
• Yekaterina Smirnova (b. 1956), Soviet heptathlete

Other variations

• Māris Smirnovs (b. 1976), Latvian soccer defender
• Nikolay Smirnov-Sokolsky (1898–1962), Soviet actor
• Karina Smirnoff (b. 1978), professional ballroom dancer

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