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 is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant: Voëgt. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Voegt? popularity and diffusion
The surname Voegt is the 1,022,958th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. Voegt occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Voegt are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 322,486. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 94 percent live, Gauteng, where 3 percent live and Limpopo, where 2 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Voegt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Voegt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Voegt surname 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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