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    The surname Sievert

    A Swedish surname, carried by 2,488 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S163

    Sievert: #12,476 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sievert #12,476, 2,488 people Sievert: #12,476 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sievert #12,476, 2,488 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sievert is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Sievert, ultimately from Old Norse Sigurþór.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,488 people named Sievert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,466.

    #12,476
    rank among US surnames
    2,488
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,653)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,467Como2,490123,994
    #12,473Pentecost2,489124,044
    #12,476Beaupre2,488124,094
    #12,482Bade2,487124,144
    #12,485Lowrie2,485124,244

    Who is named Sievert

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

    94% of people named Sievert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sievert

    Sievert has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sievert come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Sievert, ultimately from Old Norse Sigurþór.
    How common is the surname Sievert?
    2,488 people in the United States had the surname Sievert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. It ranked 12,476th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sievert?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sievert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sievert getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,488 in 2010, up 0.9%.