Surname Spotlight: Voigts

Spelled Voigts, the surname still points back to Voigt. In origin, the name means “Steward, bailiff”.

Voigts coat of arms

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A variant of Voigt

Voigts adds a patronymic ending to Voigt, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Voight and Voit.

321 Americans were listed as Voigts in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. Voigts sounds close to Vogts, so it can help to search both. For the full story, order the Voigts surname pack.