How common is the surname Seger?

4,434 people in the United States had the surname Seger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,631 Americans. It ranked 7,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Seger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seger?

Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter, followed by Linda Seger.

Where is the surname Seger most common?

Wikidata records people named Seger in the United States.

Is the surname Seger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,434 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Seger

A surname, carried by 4,434 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seger is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,434 people named Seger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,631 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,189.

#7,511

rank among US surnames

4,434

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,328)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,504	Cureton	4,437	69,584
#7,505	Korte	4,436	69,600
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694

Who is named Seger

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Seger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Segers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bob Seger
American singer-songwriter, born 1945
Linda Seger
American script consultant, author, seminar leader, 1945–2026

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seger

Seger has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Questions

How common is the surname Seger?: 4,434 people in the United States had the surname Seger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,631 Americans. It ranked 7,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Seger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seger?: Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter, followed by Linda Seger.
Where is the surname Seger most common?: Wikidata records people named Seger in the United States.
Is the surname Seger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,434 in 2010, up 5.8%.