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    The surname Seif

    A German occupational surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S100

    Seif: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seif #40,976, 532 people Seif: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Seif #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seif is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Seif, a metonymic occupational surname for a soap-maker, from Seife (“soap”). * A variant spelling of Saif, an Arabic surname which can be found in both Muslim and Christian communities.

    Seif is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 532 people named Seif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 626.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15%
    change since 2000 (was #34,259)

    Who is named Seif

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

    89% of people named Seif identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Seif

    Seif has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seif come from?
    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Seif, a metonymic occupational surname for a soap-maker, from Seife (“soap”). * A variant spelling of Saif, an Arabic surname which can be found in both Muslim and Christian communities.
    How common is the surname Seif?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Seif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seif?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Seif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Seif?
    Seif is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Seif getting more or less common?
    Less common. 626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, down 15%.