The Volz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,978 people carried this name — #6,775 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 5,091 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
159 people named Volz 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Volz 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 78 people named Volz.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 print
Volz in American newspapers,
1915–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,117 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Volz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Volz 1480–1544 · theologian
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Johann Christian Volz 1691–1735 · pastor
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Johann Christian Volz 1721–1783 · historian
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Simon Volz 1724–1791
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Auguste Luise Volz 1732–1776
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Theodor Friedrich Volz 1759–1813 · ecclesiastical councillor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Volz.
- Vollmer 6,614 · U.S. census
- Volpe 7,847 · U.S. census
- Volpi 805 · U.S. census
- Volta 247 · U.S. census
- Voltaire 1,018 · U.S. census
- Voltz 1,542 · U.S. census
- Vonarx 416 · U.S. census
- Vong 4,443 · U.S. census
- Vonner 255 · U.S. census
- Voron 112 · U.S. census
- Vos 3,300 · U.S. census
- Voss 20,911 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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