Voit is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Voit
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Voit is the variation of Vogt. The overseer or manager of a household, a steward.

The overseer or manager of a household, a steward.

How popular is Voit?

Despite the fact that the number of Voit bearers increased by 3.84 per cent in 2010 US census to 1351 since 2000, the surname slipped by 613 spots and ranked at 19885. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.63 96.23
Black 1.33 1.84
Hispanic or Latino 1.18 0.61
Others 0.96 1.31

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Aloise Voit from Bavaria aboard the Jane D Cooper from Havre. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in New York on June 25, 1852. Marx Voit (45) Farmer, 17 years old Victoria Voit, Jean Voit, T.Louis Voit (22) Undefined code, Theodore Voit, 35 years old C.W. Voit, Servant Catherine-B. Voit, Herrmann Voit (31), Johann Voit, aged 26, 16 years old Friedrich Voit, Eva-Barb. Voit (19) Servant, 27 years old Margr. Voit, Miner Jacob Voit, and 53 other Voit majority of whom were farmer and others worked as servant and miner, saddler, laborer, engineer, clerk, tourist, baker, tinman migrated to US from Havre, Rotterdam, Bremen and Hamburg.

Voit Namesakes

  • August von Voit, German architect specializing
  • Carl von Voit, German physiologist and dietitian
  • Otto Voit, United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions

Voit Namesakes

  • August von Voit, German architect specializing
  • Carl von Voit, German physiologist and dietitian
  • Otto Voit, United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions

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