Voights Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Voights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:3,983,065216,270
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Voights Last Name Facts

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

The surname Voights is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Voights? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Voights occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Voights are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 3,983,065. In The United States Voights is most numerous in: Illinois, where 38 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 25 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States Voights occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Voights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Voights has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Voights last name increased 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Voights Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Voights last name are 48.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 95.45% registered with the political party.

Voights earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.7% less than the national average, earning $33,356 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voight925,270/
Veights868/
Voigets860/
Voght83578/
Vight8330/
Vought772,002/
Vooght77594/
Fights77142/
Veight7757/
Veghts7724/
Voeght7724/
Wights7714/
Voyght7712/
Vaight778/
Voigdt778/
Boight777/
Vioght775/
Bights774/
Vaghts773/
Voiget771/
Vieght770/
Vighte770/
Woight770/
Vonght770/
Beights71226/
Weights71121/
Waights7148/
Voughtc711/
Vueghts711/
Foughts710/
Boughts710/
Vaughts710/
Voughth710/
Wight6715,050/
Vogds6791/
Vogdt6766/
Bight6726/
Vaght673/
Boght672/
Voigd672/
Woughtse671/
Veght670/

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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 Voights
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