How common is the surname Sieg?

1,996 people in the United States had the surname Sieg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,682 Americans. It ranked 14,842nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sieg?

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

Is the surname Sieg getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,996 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Sieg

A German surname, carried by 1,996 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sieg is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Sieg.

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 1,996 people named Sieg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,682 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,018.

#14,842

rank among US surnames

1,996

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,766)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,834	Dames	1,998	154,527
#14,838	Degen	1,997	154,605
#14,842	Pfau	1,996	154,682
#14,848	Aslam	1,995	154,760

Who is named Sieg

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

94% of people named Sieg 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%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sieg

Sieg has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sieg come from?: Borrowed from German Sieg.
How common is the surname Sieg?: 1,996 people in the United States had the surname Sieg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,682 Americans. It ranked 14,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sieg?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sieg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sieg getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,996 in 2010, down 1.1%.