Volný Surname

296,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Volný Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volný Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1,2501:8,5071,085
Slovakia371:144,22826,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Volny (960) are calculated separately.

Volný Last Name Facts

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

The last name Volný is most common in Czechia. It can also be found as: Volny. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Volný? popularity and diffusion

It is the 296,030th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,658,033 people. The last name Volný occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Volný live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Czechia, where it is borne by 1,250 people, or 1 in 8,507. In Czechia it is mostly concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 58 percent are found, Central Bohemian Region, where 7 percent are found and South Moravian Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Czechia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volny93960/
Volná801,274/
Volna801,235/
Valný80170/
Volne8034/
Volni8026/
Wolný8021/
Volní8012/
Volner731,473/
Volnyy731,033/
Volney73556/
Volnay73135/
Volnyi7363/
Volnes7344/
Volnie7320/
Volnei7314/
Wollný738/
Volniy738/
Volnii737/
Volnoy733/
Volnui731/
Volnet731/
Volnez731/
Vollny731/
Volnis731/
Volnér731/
Volnaya67744/
Volnaia67110/
Vollner6779/
Volnich6752/
Volness6746/
Voglini6732/
Volnets6718/
Volnych6712/
Volgner676/
Vollnes674/
Volnysh671/
Volnois671/
Volynna671/
Volhner670/
Volnetz670/

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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 Volný
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