Volosyan Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Volosyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volosyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia541:2,668,945150,916
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Volosyan Last Name Facts

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

Volosyan (Russian: Волосян) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Volosyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,203,767th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Volosyan is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Volosyan live; 65 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 2,668,945. In Russia Volosyan is primarily concentrated in: Orenburg Oblast, where 19 percent are found, Samara Oblast, where 17 percent are found and Kemerovo Oblast, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Russia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 16 percent are found and Belarus, where 9 percent are found.

Volosyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Volosyan are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volosian88251/
Folosyan884/
Bolosyan881/
Valosyan881/
Velosyan881/
Volosyanova849/
Valesyan75227/
Falosyan753/
Volocean752/
Valasyan752/
Bolozyan752/
Baloshyan718/
Balousyan715/
Bolousian711/
Bolouzyan711/

Volosyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volosyan in the Russian language
Волосянvolosan-

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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 Volosyan
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