Völkner Surname

235,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Völkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Völkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6481:48,8506,378
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Austria201:425,77243,235
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Völkner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Völkner occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Völkner? popularity and diffusion

Völkner is the 235,103rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,256,744 people. The surname Völkner is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Völkner live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 1,648 people, or 1 in 48,850. In Germany Völkner is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany Völkner exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Völkner Last Name Statistics demography

Völkner earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.99% more than the national average, earning 352,979 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Völckner9343/
Wölkner8637/
Velkner8615/
Vilkner8611/
Voelkner80433/
Wölckner808/
Flkner771/
Voelckner755/
Voellkner750/
Felkner711,014/
Belkner71278/
Welkner71171/
Wilkner7147/
Fylkner7113/
Følkner7112/
Flekner719/
Vilknerová717/
Bälkner716/
Filkner711/
Fälkner711/
Bilkner711/
Fleckner67825/
Foelkner6795/
Felkhner6710/
Flekhner678/
Willkner675/
Welknert673/
Woelkner672/
Wilckner671/
Felckner671/
Feulkner671/

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Völkner Reference & Research

Voelkner DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Völkner
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis