title: Yerofeyev
text: # Yerofeyev
  
  Yerofeyev (masculine) or Yerofyeva (feminine), also transliterated as Erofeev or Erofeyev, is a Russian surname. It means "(someone) related to Yerofey", Yerofey (wikt:ru:Ерофей) being a form of the archaic Christian masculine first name Ierofey (Иерофей - from Greek Hierotheos (Ἱερόθεος)).
  
  Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Vasily Yerofeyev (1822–1884), Russian geologist
  * Mikhail Yerofeyev (1857–1941), Russian general
  * Oleg Yerofeyev (1940–2022), Russian admiral
  * Olga Erofeeva (born 1985), Russian triathlete]
  * Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Russian linguist
  * Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), Russian writer
  * Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), Russian writer
  * Denis Erofeyev (born 1974), Russian racing driver
  * Vladimir Yerofeyev
     * Vladimir Ivanovich Yerofeyev (1920-1991), Soviet diplomat
     * Vladimir Yerofeyev (football coach)
     * Vladimir Yakovlevich Yerofeyev [ru] (1909—1986), Soviet ambassador
  