Vogt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from mlat. vocatus < advocatus 'advocate'; originally 'Schirmherr, Statthalter', later 'overseer, judge, village head, guardian'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/voʊɡt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vogt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Liechtenstein it is the 2nd most common surname.
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.8K
- USUnited States1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 377 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 657 (inferred from the name graph)
≈87,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Liechtenstein, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from mlat. vocatus < advocatus 'advocate'; originally 'Schirmherr, Statthalter', later 'overseer, judge, village head, guardian'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vogt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Vogt | 9 |
| DE Germany | #71 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Vogt | 221 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #126 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Vogt | 1 |
| US United States | — | 18,061 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Vogt | 377 |
| CH Switzerland | #63 | 4,799 | 1 in 1.8K | 4.8K | Vogt | 104 |
| NO Norway | — | 626 | 1 in 8.7K | 626 | Vogt | 43 |
| LI Liechtenstein | #2 | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 657 | 626 | Vogt | 38 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vogt is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Occupational surname from Middle High German voget/vogt = bailiff, steward, advocate; bearer count 247.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, occupational/status name for a bailiff or reeve
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, steward
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname: 'Vogt' = Verwalter/Schultheiß, Beamter mit Aufsichts- und Gerichtsaufgaben; 583 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Amtsträger/Verwalter, 'Vogt' (Bailiff, Verwalter; teils auch Herkunftsname zu Vogt).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Carl Vogtb. 1817CHGerman-Swiss scientist and politician (1817–1895)
- Heinrich Vogtb. 1890DEGerman astronomer (1890–1968)
- Richard Vogtb. 1894DEGerman engineer and aircraft designer
- Joseph Vogtb. 1895DEGerman historian of classical antiquity (1895-1986)
- Marthe Louise Vogtb. 1903DEGerman neuroscientist (1903–2003)
- A. E. van Vogtb. 1912CACanadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)
- Lars Vogtb. 1970DEGerman pianist (1970–2022)
- Eskil Vogtb. 1974NONorwegian film director and screenwriter
- Kevin Vogtb. 1991DEGerman association football player
- Carina Vogtb. 1992DEGerman ski jumper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 39 sources across 22 countries.
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vogt mean, and where does it come from?
- from mlat. vocatus < advocatus 'advocate'; originally 'Schirmherr, Statthalter', later 'overseer, judge, village head, guardian' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Vogt?
- A machine transcription gives /voʊɡt/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Vogt?
- In the etymology graph, Voigt is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Vogt have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 87 thousand people named Vogt in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vogt.
- How common is the name Vogt?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,061 people named Vogt in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Vogt compared with other names?
- In Liechtenstein, Vogt is the 2nd most common surname of 283 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vogt?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vogtThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vogt” — the 2nd most common surname in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.