Volovec Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Volovec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volovec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia481:51,8278,472
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

Volovec Last Name Facts

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

Volovec is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Volovec? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Volovec occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Volovec reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 51,827. In Slovenia Volovec is most frequent in: Lower Sava, where 90 percent reside, Central Sava, where 2 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Slovenia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 9 percent reside and Croatia, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Volovec
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