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
The surname Volay (Russian: Волаы) is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Volay are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Volay is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 26 people.
Volay is most widely held in France, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 275,613. In France Volay is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 82 percent are found, Corsica, where 6 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 5 percent are found. Barring France it occurs 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
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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 Volay
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