# Mikhaylov (surname)

Mikhaylov or Mikhaylova, also transliterated as Mikhailov or Mihaylov, is a surname that is derived from the male given name Mikhail and literally means Mikhail's.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 84.7% of all known bearers of the surname Mikhaylov were residents of Russia (frequency 1:795), 7.0% of Ukraine (1:3,051), 2.2% of Kazakhstan (1:3,694), 2.2% of Belarus (1:2,047) and 2.0% of Uzbekistan (1:7,109).
In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:795) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:
* 1. Chuvashia (1:114)
* 2. Pskov Oblast (1:146)
* 3. Novgorod Oblast (1:159)
* 4. Mari El (1:205)
* 5. Leningrad Oblast (1:254)
* 6. Sakha Republic (1:256)
* 7. Amur Oblast (1:338)
* 8. Tver Oblast (1:372)
* 9. Zabaykalsky Krai (1:406)
* 10. Kostroma Oblast (1:451)
* 11. Stavropol Krai (1:480)
* 12. Saint Petersburg (1:512)
* 13. Smolensk Oblast (1:515)
* 14. Jewish Autonomous Oblast (1:534)
* 15. Komi Republic (1:580)
* 16. Krasnoyarsk Krai (1:637)
* 17. Murmansk Oblast (1:650)
* 18. Tomsk Oblast (1:665)
* 19. Republic of Karelia (1:670)
* 20. Udmurtia (1:673)
* 21. Yaroslavl Oblast (1:673)
* 22. Samara Oblast (1:688)
* 23. Kemerovo Oblast (1:710)
* 24. Volgograd Oblast (1:757)
* 25. Buryatia (1:758)
* 26. Khakassia (1:788)
* 27. Irkutsk Oblast (1:789)

## People

* Adrian Mikhaylov (1853–1929), Russian revolutionary
* Aksinia Mihaylova (born 1963), Bulgarian translator, editor and poet
* Alexey Iosifovich Mikhaylov (1895–1941), Soviet officer
* Aleksei Vladimirovich Mikhaylov (born 1983), Russian footballer
* Alexander Mikhaylov (disambiguation), several people
* Anani Mikhaylov (born 1948), Bulgarian fencer
* Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936–2022), Soviet hurdler
* Andrei Mihailov (born 1980), Moldovan backstroke swimmer
* Antonio Mihaylov (born 1991), Bulgarian footballer
* Atanas Mihaylov (1949–2006), Bulgarian footballer
* Biser Mihaylov (1943–2020), Bulgarian footballer
* Boris Mikhailov (born 1944), Soviet ice hockey player
* Boris Mikhailov (born 1938), Soviet and Ukrainian photographer
* Boris Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov [ru] (1908–1984), Soviet chemist
* Borislav Mihaylov (born 1963), Bulgarian footballer
* Dmitry Mikhaylov (born 1976), Russian football player and coach
* Eduard Mikhaylov (born 1972), Russian football player
* Egor Mikhailov (born 1978), Russian ice hockey player
* Ekaterina Mihaylova (born 1956), Bulgarian politician
* Emil Mihaylov (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer
* Felix Mikhailov (1930–2006), Soviet and Russian psychologist
* Gennady Mikhaylov (born 1974), Russian road bicycle racer
* Gorazd Mihajlov (born 1974), Macedonian footballer
* Iskra Mihaylova (born 1957), Bulgarian politician
* Ivan Mihailov (1896–1990), Bulgarian revolutionary
* Ivan Mihailov (born 1944), Bulgarian boxer
* Ivaylo Mihaylov (born 1991), Bulgarian footballer
* Ivo Mihaylov (born 1989), Bulgarian footballer
* Ivomira Mihaylova (born 1990), Bulgarian judoka
* Kalvis Mihailovs (born 1988), Latvian orienteering competitor
* Katya Sambuca (born Yekaterina Mikhailova, 1991), Russian singer, actress, television presenter, and erotic model
* Khristo Mikhailov [bg] (1893–1944), Bulgarian politician
* Kiril Mihaylov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer
* Konstantin Mikhailov (disambiguation), several people
* Larissa Mikhailova (born 1981), Kazakhstani water polo player
* Lev Mikhailov (revolutionary) [ru] (1872–1928), Russian revolutionary
* Lev Mikhailov (1936–2003), Soviet and Russian clarinetist and saxophonist
* Lev Mikhaylov (1938–2004), Soviet figure skater
* Lilian Mihaylov (born 1994), Bulgarian badminton player
* Maxim Mikhailov (1893–1971), Russian opera singer
* Maxim Mikhaylov (born 1988), Russian volleyball player
* Mikhail Mikhaylov (disambiguation), several people
* Nadezhda Neynsky (born Nadezhda Mihaylova, 1962), Bulgarian politician
* Natalia Mikhailova (born 1986), Russian competitive ice dancer
* Nikolay Mihaylov (born 1988), Bulgarian racing cyclist
* Nikolay Mihaylov (born 1988), Bulgarian football player
* Nikolay Mikhaylov (1932–2006), Soviet military conductor
* Nikolay Mikhaylov (born 1948), Bulgarian ice hockey player
* Nikolay Nikolayevich Mikhaylov [ru] (1905–1982), Soviet writer
* Nikolay Ivanovich Mikhaylov (1915–1992), Soviet geographer
* Nina Kulagina (born Ninel Mikhaylova; 1926–1990), Russian woman who claimed to have psychic powers
* Oleg Mikhaylov (disambiguation), several people
* Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker
* P. Mikhailov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
* Polina Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian table tennis player
* Ruslan Mikhaylov (born 1979), Russian footballer
* Sergey Mikhaylov (disambiguation), several people
* Snezhana Mikhaylova (born 1954), Bulgarian basketball player
* Spiridon Mikhaylov [ru] (1821–1861), Russian historian, folklorist, and writer
* Serafim Mihaylov (born 1995), Bulgarian footballer
* Stas Mikhaylov (born 1969), Russian singer-songwriter
* Tanja Mihhailova (born 1983), Estonian singer
* Tatsiana Mikhailava (born 1987), Belarusian female speed skater
* Timofey Mikhaylov (1859–1881), Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
* Valeria Mikhailova (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
* Viktor Mikhaylov (academic) (1934–2011), Russian academic and nuclear scientist
* Viktor Mikhailov (1924–2021), Soviet and Russian military officer
* Vitalii Mihailov (1976), Moldovan judoka
* Vitaly Mikhailov (born 1986), Belarusian long track speed skater
* Vladimir Mikhaylov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925–2019), Soviet military doctor, Hero of the Soviet Union
* Yevgeniya Mikhaylova (born 1949), Russian politician, educator and psychologist
* Yuri Mikhaylov (1930–2008), Soviet speed skater