Kryukov () and Kryukova (; feminine) is a common Russian surname derived from the word "" (kryuk). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", the surname stems from the figurative meaning of "finicky person", a "quibbler", but also a "stoop-shouldered person".Федосюк Ю. А. "Русские фамилии. Популярный этимологический словарь". Крюков. 6-е изд., испр. Москва, Флинта: Наука, 2006. 240 с.
People with this surname include: Andrei Krukov (born 1971), Kazakh and Azerbaijani skater Artem Kryukov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player Fyodor Kryukov (1870–1920), Russian writer and soldier Irina Kryukova (born 1968), Russian women chess grandmaster Mikhail Kryukov (1932–2024), Soviet and Russian anthropologist and historian Nikolai Kryukov (gymnast) (born 1978), Russian artistic gymnast Nikolai Kryukov (actor) (1915–1993), Soviet film and theater actor Nikolai Kryukov (composer) (1908–1961), Russian composer Nikita Kryukov (born 1985), Russian former cross-country skier Vladimir Kryukov (general) (1897–1959), Soviet Army general Vladimir Kryukov (rower) (1925–2005), Russian rower and aerospace engineer Yevgeni Kryukov (1963–2024), Soviet and Russian footballer and coach
See also 32734 Kryukov Kryuchkov Kryukov, name of several rural localities in Russia
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