# Volner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/volner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 666 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,110 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 463,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | -13.3% (768 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Volner, an occupational surname for a wool worker, from German Wollner.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Volner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Vollmer, Vollmar, Villamar, Villamor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.