# Zhukov (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zhukov/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 326 |
| US rank (2010) | 61,585 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 947,072 people |
| Change since 2000 | +75% (186 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Russian Жу́ков (Žúkov), from жук (žuk, “beetle”) + -ов (-ov, “genitive possessive ending”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zhukov in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 99% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zhukov in the United States.

## People named Zhukov

- Boris Zhukov, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.