Võ Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Sweden

Võ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Võ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France41:16,605,680368,153
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

The alternate forms: Vo (1,766,860), (155), (51), (27), (17) & Vỏ (2) are calculated separately.

Võ Last Name Facts

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

The surname Võ occurs most in France. It can appear in the variant forms: Vo, , , , or Vỏ. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Võ? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Võ is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Võ live; 32 percent live in Northern Europe and 32 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 16,605,680. In France Võ is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 25 percent live. Other than France it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 18 percent live and Sweden, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vo831,766,860/
83155/
8351/
8327/
8317/
Vỏ832/
V67736/

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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 Võ
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