The Volk surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,628 people carried this name — #3,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
181 people named Volk live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Volk.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Volk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 189 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Volk.
- Voisine 945 · U.S. census
- Voisinet 164 · U.S. census
- Vola 156 · U.S. census
- Voland 473 · U.S. census
- Volante 550 · U.S. census
- Volf 211 · U.S. census
- Volkmann 1,133 · U.S. census
- Volland 493 · U.S. census
- Volle 474 · U.S. census
- Vollmar 1,073 · U.S. census
- Vollmer 6,549 · U.S. census
- Volpe 8,028 · U.S. census
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