Vólquez Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Vólquez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vólquez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Volquez (5,193) & Vòlquez (1) are calculated separately.

Vólquez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vólquez occurs more in The Dominican Republic more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Volquez or Vòlquez. Click here to see other possible spellings of Vólquez.

How Common Is The Last Name Vólquez? popularity and diffusion

Vólquez is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Vólquez is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Vólquez reside; 97 percent reside in Caribbean and 97 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname Vólquez is most prevalent in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 96,601. Aside from The Dominican Republic this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volquez955,193/
Vòlquez951/
Vólqez921/
Valquez8678/
Vuilquez8017/
Valcquez801/
Valque77390/
Volque7710/
Valqez773/
Volqez771/
Vuillquez759/
Falquez711,836/
Vuillequez71237/
Voilque71148/
Valques7156/
Volques7145/
Volquer7131/
Bolquez718/
Valquer718/
Valquie714/
Volguez712/
Balquez711/
Valquet710/
Balnquez672/
Valquett671/
Valquise671/
Valquest670/

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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 Vólquez
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