The Voigt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,251 people carried this name — #4,862 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,092 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Voigt surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Variant spelling of Vogt. The -i- indicates the lengthening of the preceding vowel.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Voigt» (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
313 people named Voigt live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 Poland’s population register
152 people named Voigt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 233 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 94 people named Voigt 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Voigt.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
137 people named Voigt is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Voigt in American newspapers,
1893–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Voigt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignaz Dominik Voigt d. 1723 · printer
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Herbert Voigt d. 2018 · researcher
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Hugo Voigt d. 1904 · publisher
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Heinrich Voigt d. 1918 · soldier
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Ferdinand Voigt d. 1863 · teacher
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Salomon Voigt 1588–1655 · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Voigt.
- 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
- Vogt 18,061 · 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
- Voisin 1,019 · U.S. census
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