How common is the surname Seidel?

8,430 people in the United States had the surname Seidel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,625 Americans. It ranked 4,204th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seidel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seidel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seidel?

Molly Seidel, American long-distance runner, followed by Christiane Seidel.

Where is the surname Seidel most common?

Wikidata records people named Seidel in the United States.

Is the surname Seidel getting more or less common?

More common. 8,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,430 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Seidel

A German surname, carried by 8,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seidel is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Seidel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,430 people named Seidel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,625 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,376.

#4,204

rank among US surnames

8,430

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,195	Pinkerton	8,446	36,555
#4,196	Sturgill	8,444	36,564
#4,197	Purnell	8,441	36,577
#4,199	Hylton	8,440	36,581
#4,200	Begley	8,435	36,603
#4,201	Macedo	8,433	36,612
#4,203	Baeza	8,432	36,616

Who is named Seidel

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

95% of people named Seidel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seidels

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Molly Seidel
American long-distance runner, born 1994
Christiane Seidel
American-born German-Danish actress, born 1988
Erik Seidel
American poker player (born 1959)
Emil Seidel
American politician (1864–1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seidel

Seidel has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seidel come from?: Borrowed from German Seidel.
How common is the surname Seidel?: 8,430 people in the United States had the surname Seidel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,625 Americans. It ranked 4,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seidel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seidel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seidel?: Molly Seidel, American long-distance runner, followed by Christiane Seidel.
Where is the surname Seidel most common?: Wikidata records people named Seidel in the United States.
Is the surname Seidel getting more or less common?: More common. 8,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,430 in 2010, up 0.6%.