Show ContentsAleksandrovich History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Aleksandrovich is a patronymic surname formed by adding one of the many Russian suffixes, such as "-ov" and "-ovic" to the either of the personal names Alexander, (forms of which were widely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages due to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC); or Aleksei in Russia. Alexander comes from the Greek Alexandros, which originally meant "defender of men." Aleksei is from the Greek alexios, which meant "helping or defending."

Early Origins of the Aleksandrovich family

The surname Aleksandrovich was first found in Russia, where the name was born by members of the population of the Russian Empire.

Early History of the Aleksandrovich family

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Aleksandrovich Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Aleksandrov, Aleksanov, Aleksandrovich, Aleksandrev, Aleksandrovich, Alekseev, Alexandrov, Aleksandroff, Alexandroff and many more.

Early Notables of the Aleksandrovich family

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Aleksandrovich Ranking

In Russia, the name Aleksandrovich is the 242nd most popular surname with an estimated 57,246 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Aleksandrovich family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: some of the great number of bearers of Alexander who came to North America. Nikolas Alexander arrived in New York in 1842.


Contemporary Notables of the name Aleksandrovich (post 1700) +

  • Ivan Aleksandrovich Bukavshin (1995-2016), Russian chess grandmaster (2011) who tragically died at the age of 20 from a stroke
  • Volodymyr Aleksandrovich Shcherbina (1935-2023), Ukrainian mathematician and politician, member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994
  • Anatoly Aleksandrovich Zaytsev (1940-2022), Russian politician, Minister of Railways from 1996 to 1997
  • Boris Aleksandrovich Furmanov (1936-2022), Russian politician, Minister of Architecture, Construction, and Housing from 1991 to 1992
  • Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (1927-2021), Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme, Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10
  • David Aleksandrovich Dushman (1923-2021), Soviet Red Army soldier and a fencing trainer of the Soviet Olympic team
  • Sergei Aleksandrovich Rodin (1981-2021), Russian professional football player
  • Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (1930-1999), Soviet footballer
  • Victor Aleksandrovich Krasin (1929-2017), Russian human rights activist, economist, a former Soviet dissident and a political prisoner
  • Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Orlov (b. 1988), Russian professional footballer


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Russia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/russia/surnames


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