The Volta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 247 people carried this name — #77,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 269 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Volta surname
A surname, notably borne by Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.
Converged from different nicknames, including volpe (“fox”) and volta (“a turn, rotation, spin”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Volta» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 316 people named Volta live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Volta.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Rhône.
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.
Who carried it
People named Volta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alessandro Volta 1745–1827 · physicist -
Alessandro Volta 1745–1827 · physicist
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Alessandro Volta 1745–1827 · physicist
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Luigi Volta 1876–1952 · astronomer -
Luigi Volta 1876–1952 · astronomer
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Leopoldo Camillo Volta 1751–1823 · librarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Volta.
- Volland 416 · U.S. census
- Volle 447 · U.S. census
- Vollmar 1,151 · U.S. census
- Vollmer 6,614 · U.S. census
- Volpe 7,847 · U.S. census
- Volpi 805 · U.S. census
- Voltaire 1,018 · U.S. census
- Voltz 1,542 · U.S. census
- Volz 4,978 · U.S. census
- Vonarx 416 · U.S. census
- Vong 4,443 · U.S. census
- Vonner 255 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Volta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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