How common is the surname Voigt?

7,251 people in the United States had the surname Voigt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. It ranked 4,862nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Voigt?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Voigt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Voigt?

Deborah Voigt, American operatic soprano, followed by Will Voigt.

Where is the surname Voigt most common?

Wikidata records people named Voigt in the United States.

Is the surname Voigt getting more or less common?

More common. 7,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,251 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Voigt

A German surname, carried by 7,251 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). Voigt is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Voigt.

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 7,251 people named Voigt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,092.

#4,862

rank among US surnames

7,251

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509
#4,854	Christ	7,261	42,521
#4,856	McCool	7,259	42,533
#4,857	Ries	7,258	42,539
#4,858	McDaniels	7,256	42,550
#4,859	Speed	7,255	42,556
#4,860	Frankel	7,253	42,568

Who is named Voigt

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

93% of people named Voigt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Voigts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Deborah Voigt
American operatic soprano, born 1960
Will Voigt
American basketball coach, born 1976
Cynthia Voigt
American writer of young adult books, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Voigt

Voigt 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 Voigt come from?: From German Voigt.
How common is the surname Voigt?: 7,251 people in the United States had the surname Voigt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. It ranked 4,862nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Voigt?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Voigt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Voigt?: Deborah Voigt, American operatic soprano, followed by Will Voigt.
Where is the surname Voigt most common?: Wikidata records people named Voigt in the United States.
Is the surname Voigt getting more or less common?: More common. 7,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,251 in 2010, up 2.2%.