Volah Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Volah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Volah (11) may also be a first name.
Volah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Volah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻼﻩ) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Volah reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 163,279. In Liberia Volah is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 78 percent live, Montserrado County, where 19 percent live and Lofa County, where 4 percent live. Other than Liberia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻼﻩ | flah | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Volah
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