Volkovets Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Volkovets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volkovets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus3811:24,9374,237
Russia1381:1,044,37079,541
Ukraine451:1,011,61593,730
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Volkovets Last Name Facts

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

Volkovets (Russian: Волковец) is most common in Belarus. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Volkovets? popularity and diffusion

The last name Volkovets is the 560,645th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Volkovets live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Belarus, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 24,937. In Belarus it is most common in: Minsk Region, where 57 percent reside, Minsk, where 28 percent reside and Gomel Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Belarus Volkovets exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 24 percent reside and Ukraine, where 8 percent reside.

Volkovets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Volkovets last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Volkovets last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Volkovets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volkovets in the Russian language
Волковецvolkovec-

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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
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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 Volkovets
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