Tymoshenko
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/timoʊˈʃɛŋkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tymoshenko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. In Ukraine it is the 85th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Ukrainian Тимоше́нко (Tymošénko).
- UAUkraine≈1 in 1.6Kas Тимошенко(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 4.7Kas Тимошенко
- BYBelarus≈1 in 5.4Kas Тимошенко
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 Tymoshenko 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
- 164 (measured from records)
- 1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 named Тимошенко, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Тимошенко in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, BY Belarus and 2 more and Timoshenko in PL Poland.
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(measured from records)
From Ukrainian Тимоше́нко (Tymošénko).
Sources 1
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tymoshenko 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 | #429 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Тимошенко | 164 |
| UA Ukraine | #85 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Тимошенко | 71 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,889 | 1 in 20K | 1.1K | Timoshenko | 7 |
| BY Belarus | #175 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Тимошенко | 23 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Тимошенко | 2 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Тимошенко | 10 |
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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tymoshenko is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Тимоше́нко (Tymošénko).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stephen Timoshenkob. 1878USnot in their usual nameUkrainian & American engineer (1878–1972)
- Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenkob. 1895UAnot in their usual nameSoviet military commander (1895-1970)
- Yurii Tymoshenkob. 1919UAUkrainian Soviet actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter (1919–1986)
- Yulia Tymoshenkob. 1960UAUkrainian politician, former Prime Minister
- Oleksandr Tymošenkob. 1960UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian businessman
- Andrei Timoshenkob. 1969RUnot in their usual nameRussian footballer (1969-2010)
- Olexandra Tymoshenkob. 1972UAgymnast
- Darya Timoshenkob. 1980RUnot in their usual nameRussian-Azerbaijani figure skater (born 1980)
- Yevheniya Tymoshenkob. 1980UAUkrainian entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist, and daughter of Julija Tymošenko
- Kyrylo Tymoshenkob. 1989UAUkrainian statesman
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 16 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 1.1K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.1K | #2,902 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 827 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 827 | #3,749 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tymoshenko mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ukrainian Тимоше́нко (Tymošénko). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Tymoshenko?
- A machine transcription gives /timoʊˈʃɛŋkoʊ/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- In which country does Tymoshenko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Тимошенко in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Tymoshenko most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tymoshenko is densest in Poland — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Tymoshenko?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,889 people named Tymoshenko in 2026, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
- How common is Tymoshenko compared with other names?
- In Russia, Tymoshenko is the 429th most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tymoshenko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tymoshenkoThe 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, “Tymoshenko” — the 429th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.