Volz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Aus Kurzformen von Rufnamen wie Volk[er, -win, -hart]; mit ahd

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Volz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 67K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 20K

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 Volz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,200 people, est.

Sources
327 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Voelz in AO Angola.

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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Aus Kurzformen von Rufnamen wie Volk[er, -win, -hart]; mit ahd. folc, altsächs. folk 'Heerschar, Volk'. Konsonantenvariation: v/f und t/ø im Stamm; z-Suffix. 3469 Belege.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Volz 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 Volz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#781≈7,200 est.≈1 in 11KlistedVolz143
CD Congo - Kinshasa#782≈5,000 est.≈1 in 20K—Volz1
US United States—4,9781 in 67K5.1KVolz327
ID Indonesia—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 164K—Volz9
BR Brazil—1,4671 in 144K1.5K—2
AO Angola—≈910 est.≈1 in 36K—Voelz1
JO Jordan—≈320 est.≈1 in 34K—Volz1
IE Ireland—≈97 est.≈1 in 54K—Volz3

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 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-2 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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(inferred from the name graph)

Volz is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Panama

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Völz

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Völz

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States

    Also written Völz

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Волз, Völz

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Völz

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Völz

34 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(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Wilhelm Ludwig Volz, b. 1799August Volz, b. 1851Wilhelm Volz, b. 1870Nedra Volz, b. 1908Matthias Volz, b. 1910Eugen Volz, b. 1932Friedrich Volz, b. 1944Wolfgang Volz, b. 1948Eric Volz, b. 1979Moritz Volz, b. 1983

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(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Volz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020005.1K#6,193
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020105K#6,775
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.8K#6,707
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.5K#6,481
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Volz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Volz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled volz.
What does the name Volz mean?
Recorded meaning: Aus Kurzformen von Rufnamen wie Volk[er, -win, -hart]; mit ahd.
How common is the name Volz?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,978 people named Volz in 2010, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
How common is Volz compared with other names?
In Germany, Volz is the 781st most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Volz” — the 781st most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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