Volkweis Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Volkweis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 482 | 1:444,138 | 16,828 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Volkweis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volkweis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Volkweis occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volkweis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 623,516th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Volkweis are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.
It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 444,138. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 49 percent reside, Paraná, where 16 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Volkweis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Volkweis has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Volkweis
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