Voegt Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Voegt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 168 | 1:322,486 | 30,363 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Voëgt (4) are calculated separately.
Voegt Demographics
Average Voegt Salary in
South Africa
R 283,548
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Voegt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voegt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Voegt occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Voëgt. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voegt? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,022,958th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Voegt reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 322,486. In South Africa Voegt is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 94 percent are found, Gauteng, where 3 percent are found and Limpopo, where 2 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Voegt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Voegt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Voegt last name decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Voegt Last Name Statistics demography
Voegt earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.32% more than the national average, earning R 283,548 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voëgt | 93 | 4 | / |
| Voegtz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Voegte | 91 | 0 | / |
| Voiegt | 91 | 0 | / |
| Vogt | 89 | 128,124 | / |
| Vegt | 89 | 687 | / |
| Voeg | 89 | 241 | / |
| Voyegte | 83 | 1 | / |
| Voegtte | 83 | 0 | / |
| Voigt | 80 | 84,687 | / |
| Voogt | 80 | 3,597 | / |
| Vogtt | 80 | 70 | / |
| Vogth | 80 | 53 | / |
| Veigt | 80 | 32 | / |
| Vougt | 80 | 29 | / |
| Voggt | 80 | 15 | / |
| Voekt | 80 | 9 | / |
| Vogkt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vojgt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Viegt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Voegh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Voygt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Voigts | 73 | 1,179 | / |
| Voigth | 73 | 10 | / |
| Voigtt | 73 | 7 | / |
| Voigte | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vojigt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voogth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vougtt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fogt | 67 | 2,549 | / |
| Vagt | 67 | 1,436 | / |
| Voek | 67 | 1,006 | / |
| Vugt | 67 | 523 | / |
| Vokt | 67 | 74 | / |
| Vögt | 67 | 68 | / |
| Wogt | 67 | 59 | / |
| Wegt | 67 | 54 | / |
| Voec | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vügt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fegt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bowegtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uoeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voqt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foegtte | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Voegt
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