Volyak Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Volyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 94 | 1:101,075 | 15,367 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
Volyak Demographics
Volyak Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Volyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Volyak (Russian: Воляк) has its highest incidence in Belarus. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Volyak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,544,715th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. Volyak occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Volyak reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 87 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Belarus, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 101,075. In Belarus it is primarily found in: Grodno Region, where 78 percent reside, Minsk, where 13 percent reside and Gomel Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Belarus it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 22 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Volyak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Christian (83%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volyak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volyak in the Russian language | ||
| Воляк | volak | - |
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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 Volyak
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