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    The surname Sieh

    A German surname, carried by 612 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

    Sieh: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sieh #36,525, 612 people Sieh: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sieh #36,525, 612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sieh is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Sieh. * A variant spelling of Xie. * Borrowed from Hindi सिेह (sieh).

    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 612 people named Sieh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 495.

    #36,525
    rank among US surnames
    612
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.6%
    change since 2000 (was #41,448)

    Who is named Sieh

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

    64% of people named Sieh identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sieh

    Sieh has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sieh come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Sieh. * A variant spelling of Xie. * Borrowed from Hindi सिेह (sieh).
    How common is the surname Sieh?
    612 people in the United States had the surname Sieh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. It ranked 36,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sieh?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Sieh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sieh getting more or less common?
    More common. 495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 612 in 2010, up 24%.