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The surname Volkmann

A German surname, carried by 1,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V425

Volkmann: #22,618 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Volkmann #22,618, 1,135 people Volkmann: #22,618 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Volkmann #22,618, 1,135 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Volkmann is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,135 people named Volkmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,133.

#22,618
rank among US surnames
1,135
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.2%
change since 2000 (was #21,493)

Who is named Volkmann

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

95% of people named Volkmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Volkmann

Volkmann has the Soundex code V425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V425.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Volkmann come from?
Volkmann is German in origin.
How common is the surname Volkmann?
1,135 people in the United States had the surname Volkmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Volkmann?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Volkmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Volkmann getting more or less common?
More common. 1,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, up 0.2%.