# Seeger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seeger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,129 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,013 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,775 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (3,953 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seeger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seeger in the United States.

## People named Seeger

- Pete Seeger, American folk singer (1919–2014)
- Alan Seeger, American poet and soldier (1888-1916)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (1901-1953)
- Charles Seeger, American musicologist (1886–1979)
- Peggy Seeger, American folk singer (1935-)
- Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist

## Similar surnames

Seger, Seager, Saeger, Segura, Segar, Sager, Swisher, Sasser, Saucier, Sikora, Segarra, Swiger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.