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    The surname Sigl

    A German surname, carried by 494 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S240

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sigl is more common than 73.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Sigl, from Siegel (“seal”), from Siegelbeamter (“sealmaker”); from Latin sigillum (“seal”).

    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 494 people named Sigl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 526.

    #43,651
    rank among US surnames
    494
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #39,378)

    Who is named Sigl

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

    96% of people named Sigl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sigl

    Sigl has the Soundex code S240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S240.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sigl come from?
    From German Sigl, from Siegel (“seal”), from Siegelbeamter (“sealmaker”); from Latin sigillum (“seal”).
    How common is the surname Sigl?
    494 people in the United States had the surname Sigl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. It ranked 43,651st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sigl?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sigl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sigl getting more or less common?
    Less common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 494 in 2010, down 6.1%.
    What are other spellings of Sigl?
    Siegel, Siegl, Siegal, Segel, Segl and Segal.