Kireev
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kiɹɛɛv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kireev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country.
- RURussia≈1 in 5.1Kas Киреев(inferred from the name graph)
- KZKazakhstan1 in 17Kas Киреев
- UAUkraine≈1 in 95Kas Кіреєв
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kireev itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 named Киреев, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Киреев in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BY Belarus and 2 more and Кіреєв in UA Ukraine.
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 across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kireev 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #481 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Киреев | 161 |
| BY Belarus | #670 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Киреев | 17 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | 1,118as Киреев | 1 in 17K | 1.3K | Киреев | 40 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Кіреєв | 24 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Киреев | 4 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Киреев | 10 |
| FI Finland | — | 26 | 1 in 214K | 26 | — | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Kireev | 11 |
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: 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence; 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Russians, by region of residence; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
- Grigory Kireyevb. 1890RUnot in their usual namesoviet Navy commander
- Mikhail Kireevb. 1914RUSoviet association football player (1914-1986)
- Yevgeny Kireyevb. 1927RUnot in their usual nameRussian architect (1927-2006)
- Ruslan Kireevb. 1941RUSoviet writer
- Vladimir Kireyevb. 1972RUnot in their usual nameRussian association football player
- Andrei Kireyevb. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian footballer
- Alexey Kireevb. 1985RURussian bobsledder
- Roman Kireyevb. 1987KZnot in their usual nameroad bicycle racer
- Viktor Kireyevb. 1987RUnot in their usual nameRussian handball player
- Igor Kireyevb. 1992RUnot in their usual nameRussian 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 26 | #39,885 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Kireev?
- A machine transcription gives /kiɹɛɛv/ (IPA) for Russian.
- In which country does Kireev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Киреев in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kireev?
- In Finland, the national register counted 26 people named Kireev, about 1 in 214 thousand residents.
- How common is Kireev compared with other names?
- In Russia, Kireev is the 481st most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kireevThe 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.
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, “Kireev” — the 481st most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.