Volkanova Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Volkanova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volkanova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3171:143,60520,070
Russia1071:1,346,94495,217
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
North Macedonia71:300,21016,548
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Volkánová (31) are calculated separately.

Volkanova Last Name Facts

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

Volkanova (Russian: Волканова) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Volkánová. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Volkanova? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 659,458th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. Volkanova occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Volkanova reside; 90 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 89 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 143,605. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Odessa Oblast, where 70 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Barring Ukraine it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 23 percent are found and Belarus, where 2 percent are found.

Volkanova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Orthodox (91%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Volkanova last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Volkanova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volkanova in the Russian language
Волкановаvolkanova-

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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 Volkanova
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