Ponomaryov

Ponomaryov, also spelled Ponomariov or Ponomarev (Пономарёв), or Ponomaryova (feminine; Пономарёва) is a Russian language patronymic surname derived from the nickname Ponomar ("sexton"), and literally meaning "sexton's son". The nickname "Ponomar" has also become a surname. The Ukrainian language counterpart is "Ponomarenko".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ponomarev
 * Aleksandr Ponomarev (1918–1973), choir conductor
 * Alexander Evgenievich Ponomarev, (born 1957) Russian painter
 * Anton Ponomarev (born 1988), Kazakh basketball player
 * Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995), Soviet politician and ideologist
 * Dmitry Ponomarev (businessman) (born 1960), Russian entrepreneur
 * Ilya Ponomarev (born 1975), Russian politician
 * Sergey Ponomarev (footballer) (born 1956), Russian football player
 * Sergey Ponomarev (photographer) (born 1980), Russian photographer
 * Valery Ponomarev (born 1943), American-Russian jazz trumpeter
 * Vyacheslav Ponomarev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer


 * Ponomariov
 * Ruslan Ponomariov (born 1983), Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion


 * Ponomaryov
 * Alexander Ponomaryov (1876–1941), Russian revolutionary
 * Alexander Ponomaryov (1765–1831), Russian actor
 * Arkady Ponomaryov (born 1956), Russian politician
 * Igor Ponomaryov, (born 1960), Soviet football player and manager
 * Lev Ponomaryov (born 1941), Russian politician and human rights activist
 * Maksim Ponomaryov (born 1980), Russian cosmonaut
 * Mikhail Ponomaryov (1920-2006), Soviet fighter pilot
 * Nikolai Ponomaryov (1918–1997), Soviet graphic artist
 * Oleksandr Ponomaryov (born 1973), Ukrainian singer
 * Pavel Andreyevich Ponomaryov (1844–1883), Russian vice consul in Hankow and philanthropist
 * Pavel Ivanovich Ponomaryov (1903–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Pavel Yelizarovich Ponomaryov (1904–1973), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Prokopiy Ponomaryov (1774–1853), Russian entrepreneur, public figure, and philanthropist
 * Pyotr Ponomaryov (1924–1943), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Sergei Ponomaryov (born 1953), Russian football coach and player
 * Sergei Ponomaryov (officer) (1906–1991), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Vasili Ponomaryov (born 2002), Russian ice hockey player
 * Yury Ivanovich Ponomaryov (1946–2020), Russian politician
 * Yury Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (1932–2005), Soviet cosmonaut
 * Yury Valentinovich Ponomaryov (born 1946), Russian banker
 * Ponomaryova
 * Anna Ponomaryova (1920–2009), Soviet fencer
 * Larisa Ponomaryova (born 1949), Russian politician
 * Margarita Ponomaryova (born 1963), Russian hurdler
 * Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus thrower
 * Valentina Ponomaryova (1933–2023), Soviet cosmonaut
 * Valentina Ponomaryova (singer) (born 1939), Russian jazz singer