Volk is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Volk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

Descendant of Volk, a short form of names commencing with Volk that means "people," as Volkold, Folcmar and Fulculf.

How popular is Volk?

Volk is common in Russia, Germany, United States, Belarus, Canada, Slovenia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Australia, Lithuania, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Austria, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, Transnistria, Argentina, Moldova, Switzerland.

Volk is ranked 7655 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Volk bearers increased by 5.77 per cent in 2010 US census to 9126 since 2000, the surname slipped by 116 spots and ranked at 3888. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.21 96.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.01 1.27
Others 1.22 0.89
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.36
Black 0.55 0.34
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.37
Volk is quite popular family name mostly used in Russia however Slovenia is ahead in terms of density. Around 74111 person has been found who wears Volk as their family name. Volk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Volk:
556 Russia30,284
556 Germany17,199
3,558 United States12,660
Countries with thousands of Volk:
151 Belarus4,515
3,136 Canada1,596
146 Slovenia1,470
4,842 Ukraine1,309
2,134 Kazakhstan1,235
Countries with hundreds of Volk:
6,434 Australia518
1,844 Lithuania297
27,313 Brazil286
6,656 Uzbekistan284
5,489 Austria249
11,928 Netherlands241
2,277 Azerbaijan187
469 Transnistria160
23,114 Argentina148
4,146 Moldova142
7,605 Switzerland134
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,482 Tajikistan98
128,670 Thailand89
63,344 Italy77
41,527 England74
11,225 Croatia70
49,899 Iran68
3,530 Estonia65
12,435 Kyrgyzstan58
2,641 Armenia51
16,435 Hungary51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
71,309 South Africa42
3,025 Turkmenistan37
163,564 France35
23,464 Israel33
26,697 Sweden26
17,592 Finland26
10,524 Georgia25
35,659 Slovakia24
19,084 Denmark23
11,152 Wales19
18,230 Serbia17
28,211 Venezuela12
76,885 Czechia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
48,153 Egypt9
34,598 New Zealand8
56,178 Romania7
53,861 Mexico6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Henri Volk was 30 years old when he migrated to USA on April 8, 1850. He lived in France where he worked as painter and took Splendid from Havre. Michel Volk, aged 32, 32 years old Michel Volk, Laborer C. Volk, Peter Volk, aged 21, 22 years old Gertr. Volk, Amalia Volk, Anton Volk, aged 2, 4 years old Ignatz Volk, and 636 other Volk around 51.99% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and smith, weaver, tailor, shoemaker, servant, dyer, mason, blacksmith, merchant, miller, daughter, joiner, clerk, butcher, cigar maker, brewer, undefined code, waiter, baker, carpenter, tourist migrated to US.

Volk Namesakes

  • Stephen Volk, Welsh screenwriter and novelist
  • Wilhelm Volk, German author
  • Igor Volk, cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union
  • Tyler Volk, professor
  • Leonard Volk, American sculptor
  • Magnus Volk, British inventor and pioneering electrical engineer
  • Helen Volk, member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  • Stille Volk, folk band from the Pyrenees area of France
  • Rick Volk, former American football player
  • Rodolfo Volk, Italian footballer who played as a forward
  • Lester D. Volk, American physician
  • Hermann Volk, German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Volk Namesakes

  • Stephen Volk, Welsh screenwriter and novelist
  • Wilhelm Volk, German author
  • Igor Volk, cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union
  • Tyler Volk, professor
  • Leonard Volk, American sculptor
  • Magnus Volk, British inventor and pioneering electrical engineer
  • Helen Volk, member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  • Stille Volk, folk band from the Pyrenees area of France
  • Rick Volk, former American football player
  • Rodolfo Volk, Italian footballer who played as a forward
  • Lester D. Volk, American physician
  • Hermann Volk, German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

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