Völter

Name: Völter: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country

Völter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: s. Fallgatter enberg; Vordenbäu- Vordank ("für Dank") Voltmann, Volz, Völz-: s. men; V o r m | schlag, weg, (vorder): Vorderer "der VOLK brock, be:rg ; Vorn | ha- Vordere", schwäb.

DEGermany≈1 in 290Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
CZCzechia1 in 486K
DKDenmark1 in 838K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Völter itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Germany (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 61 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 288K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Volter in US United States, CA Canada, BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

s. Fallgatter enberg; Vordenbäu- Vordank ("für Dank") Voltmann, Volz, Völz-: s. men; V o r m | schlag, weg, (vorder): Vorderer "der VOLK brock, be:rg ; Vorn | ha- Vordere", schwäb. Vot- (von): in Adelsn., doch gen, holt, berg, sand, ter (x Forderer "Klä- auch in bürgerlichen: keller, bäumen; Vorne- ger"). Vordermann, Von Bergen, Essen, Lin- wald, Vornoff (Hof). mair, leitner, egger, wül- gen,, Nordheim, Eck, dem Fornoff. O h n e Artikel: beke; Forder | er, meier; Hoff, Busch, der Heyde, vor Bruch = V o r | b r u i k F ö i d e r | e r , reuther; vgl. Mühle, Höh, Heiden, (Bruch), bach, brugg, Vorder- Mark, Trappen, Lieth weg, bäum; hagen, Vordran: s. vorn (11t " sumpfige Niedei- Wohle (Wald); Forberg (x Vörg: s. Ferg rung"), Burg, Gröben Vorwerk). Ableitungen: Vorgert: s. VOLK, Fulc- ("Grube"); vom. Bach, V o r | pointner, Wälder, hard Felde. Von | end, essen, lachner, leitner, berger, Vormeswald: s. VOLK hof(f), höne> (s. Hohn), bucher, zellner, For(m)- (Anfang) berg, feil, Scheidt, berger. — 2. Der Ort (Vormund): s. Gerhab, moos, ficht, brül, hau- liegt selbst v o m : Vornan- Momber, Pfleger, Vogt sen, Stadl, arburg wald, Vorbaufer), werk (vorn): Vorndran(n), Vor- (< ON. Aarburg). Schwei- (s. d.), hof(er), hauser, dran, Ford(t)ran (vgl. zerisch: Von|au ( i bergen, Stadt, land (auch Land Hindennadi), Vorneweg; hüben, land, kilch, moos, mit besonderen Vorrech- V o m | fett, kahl. Form- ruß, rüti, tobel, wald, ten; so auch V o r | b a u e r , feist. Vgl. auch v o n und wil, äsch (s. Esch), ach, länder). —• 3. w i e 1 oder Ver- 3 bank, dann, gries. Von- 2: Vor|holz(er), hölzer, Vorräth: wohl "Vorbe- noh (ON. OHess. häufig). holt, wohlt = wald, dacht" oder "Fürsorge" Vom | end, ba,di, stein, busch, kämpf; Vor | Wäl- Vorsatz: mhd, vürsaz rath, hof (Funhoff), berg, der (waller, wellner; x "Pfand" felde > feil; Vonden- ON. Vorwalde, Osnabr.), Vorst-: s. Forst busch, Vondendriesdii; burgex. — 4. Zss. mit Vort-: s, Furt Fomholx; Vonder | ahr, Verben: Vor | lauf (er), Vorwerk: "vor dem Her- rühr, Vonder | linde(n) = läufer, lauf, lob (vgl. rensitz liegendes Gut". line, forst, hagen, hei- mhd. vorloufe "Jagd- V o r | w e r g , wig, F o r | - 590 Vos- Wacker wergk, wig, wieger, Vöst: s. FEST und Sil- Vre(e)de: s. FRIEDE Kf. bridi(t) (S. 152), brig(er), vester Vreden: ON. Münster brick, Worwerk, Führ|- Votier-: s. Vetter Vrewen: s. V e r - 3 werk, berg(er), westf. Farwick, Fark, Fork; For- Vöttiner (Halle): ON. Vries-: s. FRIESE wick (Elberl); Meier zu Vettin, Priegnitz Vrin-: s. Severinus Varwich, zu Farcke, zum Vowinkel: s. vohe Vücke: s. VOLK Kf. Varwick; Varwich zu Vox-: s. VOLK Kf. Vulbrecht: s. VOLK Timmern

Cited for this meaning 1

Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Völter counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Völter is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
DE Germany	≈290 est.	≈1 in 288K	listed	Völter	40
US United States	≈31 est.	≈1 in 11M	104	Volter	61
CZ Czechia	22	1 in 486K	22	—	1
DK Denmark	7	1 in 838K	7	—	—
CA Canada	≈2 est.	≈1 in 21M	—	Volter	7
BE Belgium	2	1 in 5.9M	2	Volter	1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

Völter is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Vőlter, Volter
Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Uruguay, Argentina
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish
Also written Volter
a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Volter
Russian surname15 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Also written Вольтер, Волтер, Volter, Wolter, Voltaire

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

Immanuel Erhard Völterb. 1836DEGerman protestant priest
Marie Amalie Dorothea Völterb. 1854NLDutch writer (1854-1925)
Daniël Erhard Johannes Völterb. 1855NLuniversity teacher from the Netherlands
Frieda Voelterb. 1857CHnot in their usual name(1857-1939)
Hans Völterb. 1890DEGerman politician
Bettina Völterb. 1964DEGerman sociologist
Markus Völterb. 1974DEGerman author

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Völter
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
DE Germany	Deutsche Namenkunde (Gottschald, 1982)	—	—	—

Reference works 1

Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Völter mean?: Recorded meaning: s. Fallgatter enberg; Vordenbäu- Vordank ("für Dank") Voltmann, Volz, Völz-: s. men; V o r m | schlag, weg, (vorder): Vorderer "der VOLK brock, be:rg ; Vorn | ha- Vordere", schwäb.
In which country does Völter have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 290 people named Völter in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled völter.
How common is the name Völter?: In Czechia, the national register counted 22 people named Völter, about 1 in 486 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Völter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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