Volau Surname
Approximately 954 people bear this surname
Volau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 943 | 1:948 | 108 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Volau (175) may also be a first name.
Volau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Volau is carried by more people in Fiji than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Volau.
How Common Is The Last Name Volau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 375,258th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,638,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Volau live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Fiji. Volau is also the 690,096th most numerous given name on earth, held by 175 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Fiji, where it is held by 943 people, or 1 in 948. Not including Fiji it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Micronesia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Volau
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