Voelker Surname
Approximately 8,276 people bear this surname
Voelker Surname User-submission:
The Völcker (Voelcker) surname is a variant of Völker (Voelker), meaning 'folks' in German.
Voelker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,714 | 1:53,986 | 6,456 |
| Germany | 975 | 1:82,570 | 10,422 |
| Australia | 143 | 1:188,781 | 18,817 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Mexico | 34 | 1:3,650,771 | 25,133 |
| Uruguay | 33 | 1:103,993 | 10,112 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 742 | 1:67,680 | 7,344 |
Voelker Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Völcker (Voelcker) surname is a variant of Völker (Voelker), meaning 'folks' in German.
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Average Voelker Salary in
United States
$46,594 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Voelker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voelker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Voelker is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Voelker.
How Common Is The Last Name Voelker? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,816th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 880,564 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Voelker are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname Voelker is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 6,714 people, or 1 in 53,986. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent live, Wisconsin, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Voelker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Voelker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Voelker last name rose 905 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Voelker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Voelker surname are 12.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.11% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Voelker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.98% more than the national average, earning $46,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,956 CAD per year.
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Voelker Reference & Research
Voelker FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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