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Yerofeyev (masculine) or Yerofyeva (feminine), also transliterated as Erofeev or Erofeyev, is a Russian surname. It means "(someone) related to Yerofey", Yerofey (wikt:ru:Ерофей) being a form of the archaic Christian masculine first name Ierofey (Иерофей - from Greek Hierotheos (Ἱερόθεος)).
Notable people with the surname include:
- Vasily Yerofeyev (1822–1884), Russian geologist
- Mikhail Yerofeyev (1857–1941), Russian general
- Oleg Yerofeyev (1940–2022), Russian admiral
- Olga Erofeeva (born 1985), Russian triathlete
- Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Russian linguist
- Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), Russian writer
- Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), Russian writer
- Denis Erofeyev (born 1974), Russian racing driver
- Vladimir Yerofeyev
- Vladimir Ivanovich Yerofeyev (1920-1991), Soviet diplomat
- Vladimir Yerofeyev (football coach)
- Vladimir Yakovlevich Yerofeyev (1909—1986), Soviet ambassador