Volpe Surname

11,478th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Volpe Surname Definition:

(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the fox; a cunning person; one with foxlike characteristics.

Volpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy26,7231:2,289153
United States11,9811:30,2533,767
Brazil2,8341:75,5382,827
Argentina2,6631:16,0511,421
Canada1,1461:32,1514,178
France5841:113,73817,081
Belgium4891:23,5113,702
Uruguay4241:8,094906
Germany3331:241,75826,460
Australia3141:85,9749,937
England2831:196,88417,288
Venezuela2761:109,4353,870
Switzerland1721:47,7506,433
Spain1501:311,68018,543
Paraguay821:88,2532,148
Russia791:1,824,342117,368
Austria441:193,53324,446
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Colombia321:1,492,94010,821
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Bosnia and Herzegovina201:176,82010,618
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Croatia191:222,55825,345
Peru161:1,986,50825,077
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Norway61:857,04855,549
Denmark61:940,78647,603
India61:127,844,230863,365
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Ireland61:784,82316,062
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Volpé (13) are calculated separately.

Volpe (234) may also be a first name.

Volpe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the fox; a cunning person; one with foxlike characteristics.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Volpe Last Name Facts

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

Volpe (Georgian: ვოლპე, Russian: Вольпе) has its highest incidence in Italy. It may appear in the variant forms: Volpé. For other possible spellings of Volpe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Volpe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,478th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 148,829 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Volpe reside; 55 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent reside in Italic Europe. Volpe is also the 585,759th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 234 people.

The surname Volpe is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 26,723 people, or 1 in 2,289. In Italy it is mostly found in: Campania, where 31 percent live, Apulia, where 15 percent live and Lazio, where 11 percent live. Barring Italy this surname exists in 84 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Volpe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Volpe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Volpe last name expanded 79,873 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Volpe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Volpe surname are 0.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.1% being registered with the party.

The amount Volpe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.29% more than the national average, earning €30,417 per year; in Peru they earn 59.44% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,862 per year; in South Africa they earn 43.26% more than the national average, earning R 340,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $24,508,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.93% more than the national average, earning $50,022 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.06% more than the national average, earning $62,133 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volpé9313/
Volper91334/
Volpes91286/
Volpei91235/
Volpez91107/
Volppe9111/
Volpie913/
Vollpe912/
Volpee911/
Volpet911/
Volpey910/
Volp89726/
D'Volpe831/
Volpi8026,288/
Volpp80819/
Wolpe80472/
Volpa80164/
Bolpe8073/
Valpe8035/
Volpy8031/
Folpe8024/
Volps8023/
Vollp802/
Uolpe801/
Volph801/
Volpeová771/
Valpey73213/
Bolpet7358/
Valper7343/
Volpis7340/
Bolpes7328/
Wolpes738/
Valpei734/
Volppi733/
Valpes733/
Valpet732/
Bolpez732/
Valpez732/
Volphi731/
Wolpeh731/
Pholpe731/
Volb67187/
Valp6731/
Wolp6726/
Volpova6724/
Volpich6712/
Pholpet6710/
Volv676/
Wolphie671/
Vallpeu671/
Woolpes671/
Wollper671/
Uolp671/
Bolp670/
Wolphes670/
Woolper670/
Wolpper670/

Volpe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volpe in the Georgian language
ვოლპეvolpe-
Volpe in the Russian language
Вольпеvolpe-

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Volpe Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Volpe
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