Volks Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Volks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Germany1321:609,89048,740
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Latvia401:51,2517,768
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Israel91:950,84857,975
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tuvalu11:11,188103
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Volks (29) may also be a first name.

Volks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Volks (Russian: Волькс) is found most frequently in Egypt. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Volks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 664,903rd most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Volks live; 34 percent live in North Africa and 34 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Volks is also the 1,951,561st most widespread forename in the world, held by 29 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Excluding Egypt this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Volks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Volks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Volks last name fell 35 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Volks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Volks surname are 33.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 86.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Volks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 239.48% more than the national average, earning R 806,736 per year; in United States they earn 8.22% more than the national average, earning $46,695 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.86% more than the national average, earning $60,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folks803,481/
Valks80856/
Wolks8047/
Volgs801/
Foulks732,426/
Vaulks7359/
Valcks7321/
Foolks732/
Pholks730/
Follks730/
Foilks730/
Volx675/
Vasilks671/
Ffoulks670/
Foullks670/
Volqust670/

Volks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volks in the Russian language
Вольксvolks-

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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 Volks
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