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The surname Voll

A Norse surname, carried by 1,646 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V400

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Voll is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse vǫllr (“grassy field”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,646 people named Voll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,579.

#17,202
rank among US surnames
1,646
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #16,688)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,193Vancleve1,647187,459
#17,202Entrekin1,646187,573

Who is named Voll

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

95% of people named Voll identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Volls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Georgia Voll
    Australian cricketer, born 2003

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Voll

Voll has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.

Other Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Voll come from?
From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse vǫllr (“grassy field”).
How common is the surname Voll?
1,646 people in the United States had the surname Voll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. It ranked 17,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Voll?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Voll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Voll?
Georgia Voll, Australian cricketer.
Is the surname Voll getting more or less common?
More common. 1,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,646 in 2010, up 4.2%.