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    The surname Volkert

    A surname, carried by 1,588 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V426

    Volkert: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Volkert #17,673, 1,588 people Volkert: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Volkert #17,673, 1,588 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Volkert is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,588 people named Volkert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,255.

    #17,673
    rank among US surnames
    1,588
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,828)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,668Moravec1,589194,302
    #17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424
    #17,682Najjar1,587194,547

    Who is named Volkert

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Volkert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Volkert

    Volkert has the Soundex code V426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V426.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Volkert?
    1,588 people in the United States had the surname Volkert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. It ranked 17,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Volkert?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Volkert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Volkert getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,588 in 2010, up 27%.