How common is the surname Sievers?

5,349 people in the United States had the surname Sievers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. It ranked 6,363rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sievers?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sievers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sievers?

Roy Sievers, American baseball player and coach (1926-2017).

Where is the surname Sievers most common?

Wikidata records people named Sievers in the United States.

Is the surname Sievers getting more or less common?

More common. 5,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,349 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Sievers

A surname, carried by 5,349 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sievers is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,349 people named Sievers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,224.

#6,363

rank among US surnames

5,349

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,057)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,358	Cabello	5,358	57,623
#6,361	Decastro	5,354	57,666
#6,362	Groce	5,351	57,699
#6,363	Penner	5,349	57,720

Who is named Sievers

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

94% of people named Sievers identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sieverss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Sievers
American baseball player and coach (1926-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sievers

Sievers has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

Where does the surname Sievers come from?: .
How common is the surname Sievers?: 5,349 people in the United States had the surname Sievers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. It ranked 6,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sievers?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sievers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sievers?: Roy Sievers, American baseball player and coach (1926-2017).
Where is the surname Sievers most common?: Wikidata records people named Sievers in the United States.
Is the surname Sievers getting more or less common?: More common. 5,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,349 in 2010, up 2.4%.