Volosh Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Volosh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 26 | 1:1,750,873 | 130,688 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Volosh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volosh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Volosh (Russian: Волош) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volosh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. Volosh occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Volosh live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,750,873. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 46 percent are found, Kiev, where 27 percent are found and Kharkiv Oblast, where 19 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 33 percent are found and Mongolia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volosh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volosh in the Russian language | ||
| Волош | volos | - |
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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 Volosh
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