Voelz

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈvoʊɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Voelz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Völz.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 11Kas Volz(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 67Kas Volz
  • AOAngola≈1 in 36K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Voelz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,200 named Volz, est.

Sources
327 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Angola, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

VolzLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Volz in US United States, DE Germany, CD Congo - Kinshasa and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Völz.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Voelz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Voelz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#781≈7,200 est.≈1 in 11KlistedVolz143
CD Congo - Kinshasa#782≈5,000 est.≈1 in 20K—Volz1
US United States—4,978as Volz1 in 67K5.1KVolz327
ID Indonesia—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 164K—Volz9
BR Brazil—1,467as Volz1 in 144K1.5K—2
AO Angola—≈910 est.≈1 in 36K—Voelz1
JO Jordan—≈320 est.≈1 in 34K—Volz1
IE Ireland—≈97 est.≈1 in 54K—Volz3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Voelz,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Voelz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000601#35,445
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010595#37,442
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020587#40,270
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—208#35,619
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Voelz mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Völz. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Voelz?
A machine transcription gives /ˈvoʊɫz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Voelz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Volz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Voelz?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,978 people named Volz in 2010, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
How common is Voelz compared with other names?
In Germany, Voelz is the 781st most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Voelz” — the 781st most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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