Volovey Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Volovey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Volovey Demographics
Volovey Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Volovey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volovey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Volovey (Russian: Воловей) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volovey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Volovey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Volovey reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 53 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 3,515,196. In Russia Volovey is most frequent in: Saint Petersburg, where 20 percent reside, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 20 percent reside and Moscow, where 17 percent reside. Not including Russia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 17 percent reside and Belarus, where 9 percent reside.
Volovey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Volovey last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volovey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volovey in the Russian language | ||
| Воловей | volovej | - |
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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 Volovey
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