Volfus Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Volfus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volfus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Volfus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Volfus (Russian: Вольфус) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Volfus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Volfus occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Volfus live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 6,503,242. In Ukraine Volfus is mostly concentrated in: Odessa Oblast, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent are found and Israel, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volfu911/
Wolfus83129/
Folfus831/
Vulfus831/
Bolfuss770/
Wolfu731/
Boulfous71796/
Falfus67368/
Balfus6722/
Bolfos672/
Walfus670/
Wolfut670/
Boulfousse631/
Balffus624/
Falfous624/
Woolfou622/
Bolfoss621/
Bolphus621/
Faulfuss571/
Balfouss570/
Balfeuss570/
Builfuss570/
Walfu555/
Falfos501/
Balfou501/
Bolfoş501/
Falfuś501/
Walfou501/

Volfus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volfus in the Russian language
Вольфусvolfus-

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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 Volfus
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