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    The surname Volner

    A Czech occupational surname, carried by 666 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V456

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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). Volner is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

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

    Volner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 666 people named Volner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 768.

    #34,110
    rank among US surnames
    666
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #29,069)

    Who is named Volner

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

    96% of people named Volner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Volner

    Volner has the Soundex code V456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V456.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Volner come from?
    Borrowed from Czech Volner, an occupational surname for a wool worker, from German Wollner.
    How common is the surname Volner?
    666 people in the United States had the surname Volner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Volner?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Volner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Volner?
    Volner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Volner getting more or less common?
    Less common. 768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, down 13%.