Volokas Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Volokas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Volokas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volokas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Volokas (Russian: Волокас) occurs most in Russia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Volokas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Volokas is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Volokas are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Russia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Volokas is most common in: Moscow, where 100 percent live. Aside from Russia it exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volokas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volokas in the Russian language | ||
| Волокас | volokas | - |
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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
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- 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 Volokas
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