Volovev Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Volovev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volovev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Volovev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Volovev (Russian: Воловьев) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Volovev.

How Common Is The Last Name Volovev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Volovev are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Volovev is most widespread in Russia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Volovev is mostly concentrated in: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 63 percent are found and Moscow, where 38 percent are found. Other than Russia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Belarus, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voloveva9315/
Volovoev931/
Volovov8651/
Volobev861/
Voloviov808/
Volovyov804/
Valoveva802/
Volobeva801/
Volobeev801/
Volevjv711/
Bolobev711/
Valovov711/
Volevov711/
Velovov711/
Bolobeva671/
Wolowiev671/
Volobuiv671/
Valyavev671/
Valeveev671/
Volobyov671/
Valaviv5730/
Valabev571/
Balavev571/
Balobeev535/
Valavaiv531/

Volovev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volovev in the Russian language
Воловьевvolovev-

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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 Volovev
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