The Smirnoff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 188 people carried this name — #96,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 15% from 163 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Smirnoff surname
Derived from Russian Смирно́в (Smirnóv).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Smirnoff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 93 people named Smirnoff live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Smirnoff.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Smirnoff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karin Smirnov 1880–1973 · writer -
Karin Smirnov 1880–1973 · writer
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Alexandra Smirnoff 1838–1913 · botanist
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Georg Smirnoff 1840–1896 · physician
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Ivan Vasilyevich Smirnov 1895–1956 · flying ace
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Boris Smirnoff 1903–2007 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Smirnoff.
- Smail 9,097 · U.S. census
- Smaniotto 129 · U.S. census
- Smeets 151 · U.S. census
- Smet 680 · U.S. census
- Smets 168 · U.S. census
- Smigielski 536 · U.S. census
- Smit 3,164 · U.S. census
- Smith 2,442,977 · U.S. census
- Smits 2,409 · U.S. census
- Smolarek 277 · U.S. census
- Smolen 1,655 · U.S. census
- Smolinski 2,125 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Smirnoff is.
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