Volfram Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Hungary

Volfram Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volfram Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia811:1,779,297115,341
Kazakhstan221:803,75051,043
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Volfram (30) may also be a first name.

Volfram Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Volfram Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Volfram (Russian: Вольфрам) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Volfram? popularity and diffusion

The surname Volfram is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Volfram live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 47 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Volfram is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.

Volfram is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 1,779,297. In Russia it is most numerous in: Moscow, where 28 percent reside, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 15 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Russia Volfram occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 17 percent reside and Hungary, where 10 percent reside.

Volfram Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Volfram last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Volfram surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Volfram Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volfram in the Russian language
Вольфрамvolfram-

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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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  • 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 Volfram
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