Ponomaryov, also spelled Ponomariov or Ponomarev (Russian: 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
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