Volay Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Volay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 241 | 1:275,613 | 42,384 |
| Paraguay | 17 | 1:425,691 | 5,975 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Volay (26) may also be a first name.
Volay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Volay (Russian: Волаы) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Volay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 968,490th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Volay live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Volay is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 275,613. In France Volay is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 82 percent are found, Corsica, where 6 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 5 percent are found. Aside from France Volay is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 6 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volay in the Russian language | ||
| Волаы | volay | - |
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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 Volay
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