Find out how popular the last name Seivert is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Seivert.

Seivert, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Seivert surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Seivert in America

Seivert is the 43885th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Seivert surname appeared 491 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Seivert.

We can also compare 2010 data for Seivert to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Seivert

The surname Seivert is of German origin, derived from the Old German personal name Sigbert or Sigibert, which is a combination of the elements "sigi" meaning victory and "berhta" meaning bright or famous. This surname likely emerged in the medieval period, around the 11th or 12th century, in the German-speaking regions of central Europe.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Seivert can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from the Kingdom of Saxony, dating back to the 12th century. The name appears in various spellings, such as Seyvert, Seyfert, and Seiffert, indicating regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

In the 14th century, the name Seivert is mentioned in the Stadtbuch von Augsburg, a historic record of the city of Augsburg, Germany. This suggests that the name was present in the region during that time period.

Notable individuals with the surname Seivert include Johann Seivert, a German composer and organist born in 1735 in Nuremberg. He composed several works for organ and harpsichord during the Baroque period.

Another notable figure is Carl Seivert, a German-American architect born in 1858 in Hanover, Germany. He immigrated to the United States and designed several notable buildings in New York City and Philadelphia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the realm of literature, Franz Seivert was a German writer and poet born in 1892 in Hesse. He published several collections of poetry and prose works during the early 20th century.

The surname Seivert is also associated with certain place names in Germany, such as Seifertshausen and Seifertshofen, which may have influenced the development and spread of the surname in those regions.

It is worth noting that variations of the name, such as Seifert and Seyfert, are also found in other German-speaking regions and may share a similar origin and historical development.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Seivert

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Seivert.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Seivert was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Seivert has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Seivert was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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