How common is the surname Voight?

3,103 people in the United States had the surname Voight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. It ranked 10,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Voight?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Voight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Voight?

Jon Voight, American actor (born 1938), followed by Barry Voight.

Where is the surname Voight most common?

Wikidata records people named Voight in the United States.

Is the surname Voight getting more or less common?

More common. 3,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,103 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Voight

A German surname, carried by 3,103 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Voight is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Vogt, from German. Ultimately from Latin advocātus. Doublet of advocate.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,103 people named Voight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,048.

#10,382

rank among US surnames

3,103

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,795)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403
#10,377	Fromm	3,105	99,435
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563

Who is named Voight

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Voight identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Voights

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Voight
American actor (born 1938)
Barry Voight
American geologist, born 1937
Chip Taylor
American songwriter (1940–2026)
James Haven
American actor, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Voight

Voight has the Soundex code V230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Voight come from?: Variant of Vogt, from German. Ultimately from Latin advocātus. Doublet of advocate.
How common is the surname Voight?: 3,103 people in the United States had the surname Voight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. It ranked 10,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Voight?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Voight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Voight?: Jon Voight, American actor (born 1938), followed by Barry Voight.
Where is the surname Voight most common?: Wikidata records people named Voight in the United States.
Is the surname Voight getting more or less common?: More common. 3,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,103 in 2010, up 1.8%.