How common is the surname Sieber?

2,787 people in the United States had the surname Sieber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sieber?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sieber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sieber?

Franz Sieber, Austrian botanist (1789-1844), followed by Björn Sieber.

Where is the surname Sieber most common?

Wikidata records people named Sieber in the Austrian Empire and Austria.

Is the surname Sieber getting more or less common?

More common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Sieber

A surname, carried by 2,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sieber is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,787 people named Sieber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,651.

#11,322

rank among US surnames

2,787

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,003)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820

Who is named Sieber

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

95% of people named Sieber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Siebers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz Sieber
Austrian botanist (1789-1844)
Björn Sieber
Austrian alpine skier (1989-2012)

Notable Siebers come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sieber

Sieber has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Sieber?: 2,787 people in the United States had the surname Sieber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sieber?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sieber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sieber?: Franz Sieber, Austrian botanist (1789-1844), followed by Björn Sieber.
Where is the surname Sieber most common?: Wikidata records people named Sieber in the Austrian Empire and Austria.
Is the surname Sieber getting more or less common?: More common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 5.1%.