Voges Surname
Approximately 9,834 people bear this surname
Voges Surname Definition:
From Vosges, Mountains in France.
Voges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,852 | 1:16,592 | 2,194 |
| South Africa | 2,400 | 1:22,574 | 2,863 |
| United States | 1,574 | 1:230,279 | 22,189 |
| Brazil | 420 | 1:509,701 | 19,169 |
| Netherlands | 182 | 1:92,787 | 15,250 |
| Australia | 93 | 1:290,276 | 25,669 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Saint Martin | 8 | 1:4,394 | 114 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 251 | 1:200,074 | 17,416 |
The alternate forms: Vöges (19) & Vogés (7) are calculated separately.
Voges (10) may also be a first name.
Voges Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Vosges, Mountains in France.
Voges Demographics
Average Voges Salary in
United States
$46,466 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Voges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Voges has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Vöges or Vogés. Click here for further potential spellings of Voges.
How Common Is The Last Name Voges? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 52,069th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 741,056 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Voges reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 4,852 people, or 1 in 16,592. In Germany Voges is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 62 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.
Voges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Voges has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 627 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Voges Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Voges surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.04% registered with the political party.
The amount Voges earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 55.23% more than the national average, earning R 368,892 per year; in United States they earn 7.69% more than the national average, earning $46,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $54,704 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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