Voeght Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Voeght Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voeght Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Voeght (10) may also be a first name.

Voeght Last Name Facts

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

The last name Voeght is found most in South Africa. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Voeght? popularity and diffusion

The surname Voeght is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Voeght reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Voeght is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous given name in the world, borne by 10 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 95 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Voeght Last Name Statistics demography

Voeght earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.57% more than the national average, earning R 277,020 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voght91578/
Veght910/
Voight835,270/
Vought832,002/
Vooght83594/
Veight8357/
Voyght8312/
Vieght830/
Voights7792/
Veights778/
Voughth770/
Foght73315/
Vught73115/
Vogdt7366/
Vaght733/
Feght731/
Vaught6712,311/
Weight674,180/
Beight67301/
Voogdt67180/
Bought6736/
Feught6710/
Vughts6710/
Vaight678/
Voigdt678/
Boight677/
Vahegh673/
Vayght671/
Voiget671/
Weaght671/
Boyght671/
Vaaght670/
Woight670/
Wheght670/
Wought670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Voeght
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