Putin (surname)

Putin (Russian: Путин) is a masculine Russian surname. Its feminine counterpart is Putina.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 73.8% of all known bearers of the surname Putin were residents of Russia (frequency 1:22,479), 6.5% of Uzbekistan (1:54,530), 2.5% of Tajikistan (1:38,622), 2.4% of France (1:313,715), 2.2% of Belarus (1:50,006), 1.7% of Kazakhstan (1:118,628), 1.3% of Moldova (1:32,673), 1.2% of Romania (1:191,218), 1.1% of Ukraine (1:465,553) and 1.1% of India (1:8,160,269).

In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:22,479) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:[1]

People

  • Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia from 2000–2008 and from 2012–present, and Prime Minister of Russia from 1999–2000 and 2008–2012
    • Vladimir Putin Peak, a mountain in Kyrgyzstan
    • Putin's Palace, a palace in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
    • Putin's Plan, the political and economic program of Vladimir Putin
    • Putin must go, a Russian website and public campaign against Vladimir Putin
    • Putin khuilo, a Ukrainian song deriding Vladimir Putin
    • Direct Line with Vladimir Putin, an annual Russian television program, a live Q&A broadcast with Vladimir Putin
    • Putin's Progress, a 2004 book by Peter Truscott
    • Putin's Russia, a 2004 book by Anna Politkovskaya
    • Putin, Russia and the West, a 2012 British documentary television series
    • Putin's Kiss, a 2012 documentary about Russian youth activist Masha Drokova
    • Pussy versus Putin, a 2013 Russian documentary film about the Russian feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot
  • Igor Putin (born 1953), a Russian businessman and politician, and cousin of Vladimir Putin
  • Roman Putin (born 1977), a Russian businessman and politician, and nephew of Vladimir Putin
  • Lyudmila Putina (born 1958), the former wife of Vladimir Putin
  • Vera Putina (born 1926), a woman who claims to be Vladimir Putin's mother
  • P. T. Narasimhachar (1905–1998), a Kannada Indian poet commonly known as "Pu Ti Na" or "Putina"

See also

References

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