Volovei Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Volovei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 112 | 1:31,798 | 5,061 |
| Ukraine | 23 | 1:1,979,248 | 140,199 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Volovei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volovei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Volovei (Russian: Воловеи) is held by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volovei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,428,594th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Volovei occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Volovei live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 75 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Moldova, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 31,798. In Moldova Volovei is most prevalent in: Chișinău Municipality, where 62 percent live, Orhei District, where 35 percent live and Bălți Municipality, where 1 percent live. Not including Moldova it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volovei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volovei in the Russian language | ||
| Воловеи | volovei | - |
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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 Volovei
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