Volkov (family name)
Wolkow ( Russian Волков ; female form Wolkowa , also transliterated Volkov , female Volkova , or Volkoff , occasionally via the Hebrew Wolkov ) is a Russian family name.
meaning
The name is derived from the animal name wolf .
distribution
Volkov ranks eleventh in the list of the most common surnames in Russia .
Name bearer
A.
- Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (director) (1885–1942), Russian film director
- Alexander Alexandrowitsch Wolkow (designer) (1905-1965), Soviet weapons designer
- Alexander Alexandrowitsch Wolkow (cosmonaut) (* 1948), Ukrainian-Soviet cosmonaut
- Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (politician) (1951–2017), President of the Udmurt Republic
- Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (volleyball player) (born 1985), Russian volleyball player
- Alexander Melentjewitsch Volkov (1891–1977), Russian writer
- Alexander Nikolajewitsch Volkov (1886–1957), Soviet artist
- Alexander Sergejewitsch Volkov (* 1978), Russian ski jumper
- Alexander Wladimirowitsch Volkov (tennis player) (1967-2019), Russian tennis player
- Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (ice hockey player) (born 1997), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Alexejewitsch Volkov (1890–1942), Soviet politician
- Alexei Anatoljewitsch Volkov (* 1988), Russian biathlete
- Alexei Wladimirowitsch Volkov (* 1980), Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Anatoli Wolkow (canoeist) (* 1961), Russian canoeist
- Anatoli Wolkow (cross-country skier) (* 1989), Russian cross-country skier
- Anatoli Alexandrowitsch Volkov (* 1952), Russian boxer
- Andrei Valeryevich Wolkow (* 1986), Russian freestyle skier
- Andrei Wiktorowitsch Wolkow (* 1948), Russian artist
- Anna Fyodorovna Volkova († 1876), Russian chemist
B.
- Bogdan Volkov (* 1989), Ukrainian singer (tenor)
D.
- Dmitri Wassiljewitsch Wolkow (1925–1996), Russian physicist
E.
- Ekaterina Volkova (* 1997), Finnish rhythmic gymnast
- Esteban Volkov (* 1926), Mexican chemist and curator
F.
- Fyodor Andrejewitsch Volkov (1898–1954), Soviet-Russian lieutenant general
- Fyodor Grigoryevich Volkov (1729–1763), Russian actor
G
- George Michael Volkoff (1914-2000), Canadian physicist
I.
- Igor Wladimirowitsch Volkov (* 1983), Russian ice hockey player
- Ilan Volkov (* 1976), Israeli conductor
- Ivan Nikolajewitsch Volkov (* 1974), Russian actor
J
- Yekaterina Gennadjewna Wolkowa (* 1978), Russian athlete
- Yekaterina Jurjewna Wolkowa (* 1974), Russian actress and singer
- Yekaterina Valeryevna Wolkowa (* 1982), Russian actress
- Jelena Jurjewna Wolkowa (* 1968), Russian swimmer
- Yevgeny Borissowitsch Wolkow (1923–2008), Soviet officer
- Evgenija Dmitrijewna Wolkowa (* 1987), Russian biathlete
- Julija Olegowna Wolkowa (* 1985), Russian pop singer
- Yuri Alexandrowitsch Volkov (1937-2016), Soviet ice hockey player
- Yuri Stepanowitsch Volkov , Soviet marathon runner
K
- Kirill Evgenjewitsch Volkov (* 1943), Russian composer
- Konstantin Jurjewitsch Wolkow (* 1960), Soviet pole vaulter and politician
- Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Volkov (* 1985), Russian ice hockey player
- Konstantin Sergejewitsch Volkov (* 1907), Soviet writer
L.
- Leonid Andrejewitsch Volkov (1893–1976), Soviet-Russian theater director
- Leonid Ivanovich Volkov (1934–1995), Soviet-Russian ice hockey player
- Leonid Michailowitsch Wolkow (* 1980), Russian politician and confidante of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
M.
- Mstislav V. Volkov (1923–1996), Russian medic
N
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Volkov (1904–1953), Russian-Soviet ethnologist
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Volkov (son) (1934–2003), Russian-Soviet actor
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Volkov (father) (1902–1985), Russian-Soviet actor
- Nikolai Volkoff (1947-2018), Croatian wrestler
- Nora Volkow (* 1956), American brain researcher
O
- Olha Wolkowa (* 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier
- Oleg Wassiljewitsch Wolkow (1900–1996), Russian writer
- Oleksandr Volkov (* 1964), Ukrainian basketball player
P
- Patricia Volkow (* 1957), Mexican doctor and AIDS expert
- Peter Wolkow († 1516), German clergyman, Bishop of Schwerin
S.
- Sergei Alexandrowitsch Wolkow (* 1973), Russian cosmonaut
- Sergei Nikolajewitsch Volkov (1949–1990), Russian figure skater
- Sergei Valeryevich Wolkow (* 1987), Russian freestyle skier
- Sergei Wiktorowitsch Wolkow (* 1974), Russian chess player
- Sergei Wladimirowitsch Wolkow (* 1955), Russian historian
- Sergej Volkov (soccer player) (* 1988), Kazakh soccer player
- Shulamit Volkov (* 1942), Israeli historian
- Sinaida Lvovna Volkova (1901–1933), Russian revolutionary
- Stanislaw Volkov (* 1988), Russian cyclist
V
- Vera Wolkowa (1904–1975), Russian dance teacher
- Verónica Volkow (* 1955), Mexican poet, art critic and translator
- Vladimir Volkoff (1932-2005), French writer
- Vladimir Volkov (* 1986), Serbian-Montenegrin football player
W.
- Vaclovas Wolkow (* 1947), Lithuanian politician, Mayor of Šiauliai, see Vaclovas Volkovas
- Valery Jakowlewitsch Wolkow (* 1947), Soviet-Russian show jumper
- Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Volkov (* 1960), Russian jazz musician
- Wladimir Konstantinowitsch Wolkow (1930-2005), Russian historian
- Vladimir Wassiljewitsch Volkov (1921–1986), Soviet decathlete
- Vladimir Maximovich Volkov (* 1996), Kazakh ice hockey player
- Wladislaw Nikolajewitsch Volkov (1935–1971), Soviet cosmonaut