Vagts Surname

326,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Vagts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vagts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6481:124,23715,169
United States4871:744,26958,228
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Vagts Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vagts Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Vagts occurs most in Germany. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vagts? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 326,564th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,403,819 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Vagts reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 124,237. In Germany Vagts is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 70 percent are found, Bremen, where 16 percent are found and Hamburg, where 6 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Vagts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vagts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vagts surname grew 902 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vagts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Vagts are 17.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.39% being registered to vote for the political party.

Vagts earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.02% more than the national average, earning $46,611 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vagt891,436/
Vogts80885/
Vaagt8025/
Vaigt8023/
Vagth8010/
Vagte805/
Vaugt804/
Vegts801/
Vaxts801/
Voigts731,179/
Baigts73126/
Vaugth734/
Vogt67128,124/
Wagt67266/
Vakt6719/
Bagt6712/
Vact671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vagts
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