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    The surname Siemens

    A German surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈziːmənz/ 2 syllables Soundex S552

    Siemens: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Siemens #17,300, 1,636 people Siemens: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Siemens #17,300, 1,636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Siemens is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Siemens.

    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 1,636 people named Siemens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,421.

    #17,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,636
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,087)

    Who is named Siemens

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

    94% of people named Siemens identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Siemens

    Siemens has the Soundex code S552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S552.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Siemens come from?
    Borrowed from German Siemens.
    How common is the surname Siemens?
    1,636 people in the United States had the surname Siemens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Siemens?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Siemens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Siemens?
    Siemens is /ˈziːmənz/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Siemens getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 15%.