The Vogt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,061 people carried this name — #2,002 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 17,739 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vogt surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, borrowed from Late Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocātus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vogt» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,802 people named Vogt live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,408 people named Vogt.
118 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,034 people named Vogt live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
371 people named Vogt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 584 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Vogt live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
526 people named Vogt are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Vogt in American newspapers,
1875–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 83,798 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vogt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mauritius Vogt 1669–1730 · naturalist
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Traugott Karl August Vogt 1762–1807 · physician -
Carl Frederik Vogt 1781–1834 · painter -
Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm Vogt 1789–1861 · physician -
Carl Anton Vogt 1800–1877 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 165 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vogt.
- Voelker 4,735 · U.S. census
- Voet 324 · U.S. census
- Voge 616 · U.S. census
- Vogel 30,470 · U.S. census
- Vogelgesang 599 · U.S. census
- Vogler 3,721 · U.S. census
- Voigt 7,251 · U.S. census
- Voiland 106 · U.S. census
- Voirin 115 · U.S. census
- Voisard 352 · U.S. census
- Voise 101 · U.S. census
- Voiselle 128 · U.S. census
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