Volking Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Volking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:2,499,717152,655
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Volking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Volking is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Volking? popularity and diffusion

The surname Volking is the 1,364,059th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Volking reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 2,499,717. In The United States Volking is most frequent in: Texas, where 21 percent live, California, where 21 percent live and Mississippi, where 15 percent live. Barring The United States Volking is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Volking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Volking has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Volking surname grew 604 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Volking Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Volking last name are 20.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.39% registered with the political party.

Volking earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.25% more than the national average, earning $46,707 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volkin92217/
Wolking86468/
Volkina86150/
Volkind8633/
Bolking862/
Valking861/
Volkinn860/
Folking860/
Volkienė8014/
Woolking801/
Wohlking801/
Volken771,266/
Volcin77242/
Wolkin77222/
Valkin77135/
Volkyn7715/
Volqin774/
Volkne770/
Pholkieng754/
Walking71317/
Vohlken71168/
Wolkind7173/
Valkina7172/
Volchin7120/
Boolkin7120/
Balking7113/
Valkink7111/
Volkyna7110/
Bulking716/
Volqina715/
Falking714/
Volquin711/
Boulkin711/
Bolkinn710/
Vollken710/
Bohlkin710/
Vasilkin67918/
Voulquin67149/
Voilquin67147/
Volquind6721/
Wollkind6712/
Volcn674/
Vasylkin673/
Vaselkin673/
Woolkind671/
Wolching671/
Walkihng671/
Bolkn670/
Walcking670/

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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 Volking
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