Skvortsov (, 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:Skvortsov surname distribution
Ingushetia (1:197) Kostroma Oblast (1:267) Chuvashia (1:713) Altai Krai (1:736) Mari El (1:1,203) Tambov Oblast (1:1,347) Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1:1,624) Kalmykia (1:1,628) Ivanovo Oblast (1:1,734) Yaroslavl Oblast (1:2,141) Ryazan Oblast (1:2,166) Mordovia (1:2,188) Vladimir Oblast (1:2,451)d Moscow Oblast (1:2,976) Oryol Oblast (1:3,102) Tver Oblast (1:3,116) Volgograd Oblast (1:3,152) Lipetsk Oblast (1:3,156) 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 (1945–2021), 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)
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