Voit: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Long before computers fixed spellings, Voit and Voigt were used side by side. At root, the name means “Steward, bailiff”.

A variant of Voigt

Before spelling was fixed, Voigt was also written Voit. Related forms: Voight and Voigts.

Voit by the numbers

Voit ranked 19,885 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,351 people answering to the name. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry and the Voit name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Voit, so the heraldry linked to Voigt is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Research your Voit family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.