Voigtländer Surname
Approximately 3,352 people bear this surname
Voigtländer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,340 | 1:24,103 | 3,197 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Voigtlander (320) are calculated separately.
Voigtländer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voigtländer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Voigtländer occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Voigtlander. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Voigtländer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 134,334th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,174,089 people. Voigtländer is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Voigtländer reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 3,340 people, or 1 in 24,103. In Germany Voigtländer is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 30 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voigtlander | 97 | 320 | / |
| Vogtländer | 95 | 134 | / |
| Voigtlnder | 95 | 5 | / |
| Voigtländr | 95 | 1 | / |
| Voigtlaender | 87 | 202 | / |
| Vogtlander | 86 | 40 | / |
| Vogtlaender | 82 | 6 | / |
| Voigdlander | 82 | 2 | / |
| Viogtlaender | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vogt-Landwehr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Foygtlender | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vochtlander | 73 | 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 Voigtländer
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