Vlas Surname
Approximately 4,341 people bear this surname
Vlas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 1,384 | 1:2,573 | 335 |
| Romania | 1,135 | 1:17,690 | 2,278 |
| Russia | 761 | 1:189,386 | 21,067 |
| Ukraine | 298 | 1:152,761 | 21,242 |
| Netherlands | 184 | 1:91,778 | 15,089 |
| Czechia | 133 | 1:79,951 | 13,399 |
| Transnistria | 91 | 1:5,216 | 920 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Belarus | 48 | 1:197,939 | 25,288 |
| Jordan | 47 | 1:188,137 | 9,239 |
| Lebanon | 38 | 1:148,344 | 7,289 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1:552,578 | 39,450 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
The alternate forms: Vlaş (36) & Vlaș (1) are calculated separately.
Vlas (3,248) may also be a first name.
Vlas Demographics
Average Vlas Salary in
United States
$38,581 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vlas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vlas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vlas (Arabic: فلاَّس, Georgian: ვლას, Marathi: िवलास, Russian: Влас) has its highest incidence in Moldova. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vlaş or Vlaș. For other possible spellings of Vlas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vlas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vlas is the 107,505th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,678,771 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Vlas live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in Romanian Europe. Vlas is also the 125,744th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 3,248 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Moldova, where it is carried by 1,384 people, or 1 in 2,573. In Moldova it is most common in: Chișinău Municipality, where 22 percent live, Soroca District, where 11 percent live and Bălți Municipality, where 9 percent live. Beside Moldova this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 18 percent live.
Vlas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Vlas surname are 8.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 55% registered to vote for the political party.
Vlas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning $38,581 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vlas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vlas in the Georgian language | ||
| ვლას | vlas | - |
| Vlas in the Marathi language | ||
| िवलास | ivalasa | 88.89 |
| ि़वलास | ivalasa | 11.11 |
| Vlas in the Russian language | ||
| Влас | vlas | - |
| Vlas in the Arabic language | ||
| فلاَّس | flaas | - |
| فلاس | flas | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vlas
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