Find out how popular the last name Andreeva is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Andreeva.

Andreeva, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Andreeva surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Andreeva in America

Andreeva is the 146201st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Andreeva surname appeared 113 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Andreeva.

The history of the last name Andreeva

The surname Andreeva has its origins in Russia and is derived from the Russian patronymic form of the given name Andrei, which means "manly" or "warrior-like." It is believed to have originated in the 10th or 11th century, during the early years of the Russian principalities.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Andreeva can be found in the Veliky Novgorod Birch Bark documents, which date back to the 11th and 12th centuries. These documents, written on birch bark, were a form of communication and record-keeping used in medieval Russia.

In the 14th century, the name Andreeva appeared in a manuscript known as the Novgorod Codex, which was a collection of legal documents and court records from the Novgorod Republic. This suggests that individuals bearing the surname Andreeva held positions of importance within the legal and administrative systems of the time.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Andreeva family was prominent in the Moscow region, with several members serving in various capacities within the Muscovite government and military. One notable figure was Fyodor Andreev (1553-1633), a statesman and diplomat who played a crucial role in the negotiations between Russia and Sweden during the Ingrian War.

In the 18th century, Andrei Andreevich Andreev (1690-1766) was a renowned Russian architect and engineer who designed several notable buildings in St. Petersburg, including the Smolny Cathedral and the Smolny Convent.

Another prominent individual with the surname Andreeva was Maria Fyodorovna Andreeva (1868-1953), a Russian writer and translator who was known for her translations of works by Charles Dickens and Mark Twain into Russian.

In the 20th century, Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) was a renowned Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who explored themes of existentialism and social criticism in his works, such as "The Red Laugh" and "The Seven Who Were Hanged."

The surname Andreeva has also been associated with various place names in Russia, such as the village of Andreevka in the Tambov Oblast and the town of Andreevskaya in the Krasnodar Krai.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Andreeva

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Andreeva.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Andreeva was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Andreeva was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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