The Ivanova surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,065 people carried this name — #23,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 104% from 522 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 683 people named Ivanova live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
535 people named Ivanova live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
103 people named Ivanova have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,612 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Ivanova.
Most of them — 67 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 1 département, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
853 people named Ivanova are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ivanova,
with a public archive behind them.
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Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova 1730–1801 · serial killer -
Zinaida Ivanova 1865–1913 · writer -
Zinaida Grigoryevna Ivanova 1897–1979 · sculptor -
Antonia Ivanova 1927–2004 · chess player -
Izabella Ivanova 1929–2006 · conductor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 183 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ivanova.
- Itty 138 · U.S. census
- Ivaldi 148 · U.S. census
- Ivan 1,439 · U.S. census
- Ivanez 194 · U.S. census
- Ivanoff 578 · U.S. census
- Ivanov 3,826 · U.S. census
- Ivanovic 381 · U.S. census
- Ivens 439 · U.S. census
- Iwanski 888 · U.S. census
- Izaguirre 6,358 · U.S. census
- Izard 626 · U.S. census
- Izquierdo 5,974 · U.S. census
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