According to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Justice Aydin Agazade, 3201 people changed ends of their family names –ov, -yev to the end of national family names last year.
According to him this number covers the whole country including Nakhchivan. According to Ministry of Justice, last year, 2503 people changed ends of their family names –ov, -yev to the end of national family names in 2010.