Skvortsov

Skvortsov (Russian: Скворцов, from скворец meaning starling) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Skvortsova.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 89.8% of all known bearers of the surname Skvortsov were residents of Russia (frequency 1:3,590), 4.5% of Ukraine (1:22,597), 1.6% of Uzbekistan (1:43,002), 1.3% of Belarus (1:16,076) and 1.3% of Kazakhstan (1:30,873).

In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,590) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:

• 1. Ingushetia (1:197)
• 2. Kostroma Oblast (1:267)
• 3. Chuvashia (1:713)
• 4. Altai Krai (1:736)
• 5. Mari El (1:1,203)
• 6. Tambov Oblast (1:1,347)
• 7. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1:1,624)
• 8. Kalmykia (1:1,628)
• 9. Ivanovo Oblast (1:1,734)
• 10. Yaroslavl Oblast (1:2,141)
• 11. Ryazan Oblast (1:2,166)
• 12. Mordovia (1:2,188)
• 13. Vladimir Oblast (1:2,451)d
• 14. Moscow Oblast (1:2,976)
• 15. Oryol Oblast (1:3,102)
• 16. Tver Oblast (1:3,116)
• 17. Volgograd Oblast (1:3,152)
• 18. Lipetsk Oblast (1:3,156)
• 19. Penza Oblast (1:3,572)

People

• Aleksandr Skvortsov (disambiguation), several people
• Alexey Skvortsov (1920–2008), Russian botanist and naturalist
• Anatoli Skvortsov (born 1976), Russian professional footballer
• Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov (1870–1928), prominent Russian Bolshevik
• Nikolay Skvortsov (disambiguation), several people
• Ruslan Skvortsov (born 1980), Russian ballet dancer
• Valeriy Skvortsov (born 1945), Soviet high jumper
• Victor Scvortov (born 1988), Moldavian judoplayer
• Veronika Skvortsova (born 1960), Russian neurologist and politician

See also

• 1854 Skvortsov (1968 UE1), a main-belt asteroid named after Yevgeni Skvortsov (1882–1952)