Volkov (surname)

Volkov (Russian: Во́лков), or Volkova (feminine; Во́лкова), is a common Russian surname. It is derived from the word волк (volk, meaning "wolf").

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 79.6% of all known bearers of the surname Volkov were residents of Russia (frequency 1:646), 6.5% of Ukraine (1:2,493), 3.9% of Belarus (1:868), 3.8% of Kazakhstan (1:1,613) and 3.3% of Uzbekistan (1:3,351).

In Russia, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:646) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:[1]

People

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