Volyna Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Volyna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 391 | 1:116,426 | 16,550 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
Volyna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volyna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Volyna (Russian: Волына) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Volyna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 701,000th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The last name Volyna occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Volyna reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Volyna is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 116,426. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Sumy Oblast, where 31 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 14 percent are found and Kharkiv Oblast, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Volyna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Volyna in the Russian language | ||
| Волына | volyna | - |
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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 Volyna
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