Vollenhoven Surname

305,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Vollenhoven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vollenhoven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0981:49,3426,269
Netherlands651:259,80332,877
England421:1,326,62059,571
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Vollenhoven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vollenhoven occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Vollenhoven.

How Common Is The Last Name Vollenhoven? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 305,056th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,872,317 people. The surname Vollenhoven is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Vollenhoven live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Vollenhoven is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,098 people, or 1 in 49,342. In South Africa Vollenhoven is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 72 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Vollenhoven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vollenhoven has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Vollenhoven last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vollenhoven Last Name Statistics demography

Vollenhoven earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.27% more than the national average, earning R 247,788 per year.

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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 Vollenhoven
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