Volozh Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Volozh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volozh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
England11:55,718,059489,080

Volozh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Volozh (Russian: Волож) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Volozh.

How Common Is The Last Name Volozh? popularity and diffusion

Volozh is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Volozh live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 7,206,153. In Russia Volozh is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 25 percent reside, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where 25 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 25 percent reside. Barring Russia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside.

Volozh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Volozh last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Communist Party Party than The US average, with 33.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voloz914/
Voloch83392/
Bolozh8385/
Volosh8354/
Volosz8311/
Volohs832/
Volloz831/
Voloche7743/
Voulloz778/
Volloch777/
Voylosh775/
Volosch772/
Voilloz771/
Veloz7343,962/
Volos734,590/
Valoz73148/
Voloc73146/
Voloj73110/
Woloz7352/
Vološ738/
Volaz738/
Foloz736/
Véloz731/
Volozova7115/
Woloch67339/
Wolosz67315/
Volooj67213/
Valorz67143/
Voulaz67132/
Boloch67120/
Bolazh6799/
Boluzh6782/
Bolosh6763/
Valoiz6751/
Volach6728/
Valoze6728/
Valoch6716/
Wolosh6715/
Valloz6711/
Bolotz678/
Volois677/
Volouj675/
Veloiz673/
Volash672/
Voulos672/
Voloci672/
Woloxz671/
Voylos671/
Vuluzh671/
Valazh671/
Voluze671/
Folotz671/
Balozh671/
Bolozhova671/
Boloze671/
Volatz670/

Volozh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volozh in the Russian language
Воложvoloz-

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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 Volozh
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