Volkovich Surname
Approximately 2,806 people bear this surname
Volkovich Surname User-submission:
(Russian) Patronymic from 'wolf'. Volkovich means 'son of a wolf'. It is also an Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
Volkovich Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Russia | 1,514 | 1:95,194 | 11,793 |
Belarus | 1,157 | 1:8,212 | 1,184 |
United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
Moldova | 18 | 1:197,854 | 18,761 |
Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Volkovich Surname Meaning
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(Russian) Patronymic from 'wolf'. Volkovich means 'son of a wolf'. It is also an Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
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Volkovich Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volkovich Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Volkovich (Georgian: ვოლკოვიჩ, Russian: Волкович) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Volkovich? popularity and diffusion
Volkovich is the 156,103rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,597,130 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Volkovich live; 65 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Volkovich is most widespread in Russia, where it is held by 1,514 people, or 1 in 95,194. In Russia Volkovich is primarily concentrated in: Omsk Oblast, where 46 percent reside, Moscow, where 7 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 6 percent reside. Besides Russia this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 41 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Volkovich Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Volkovich surname are 8.17% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 38.6% registered to vote for the political party.
Volkovich earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.38% less than the national average, earning $38,238 USD per year.
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Volkovich Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Volkovich in the Georgian language | ||
ვოლკოვიჩ | volkovich | - |
Volkovich in the Russian language | ||
Волкович | volkovic | - |
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