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

Siebel, 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 Siebel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Siebel in America

Siebel is the 45653rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Siebel surname appeared 468 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 Siebel.

We can also compare 2010 data for Siebel 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 Siebel

The surname SIEBEL has its origins in Germany, dating back to the early medieval period. It is derived from the Old German word "sieben" meaning "seven," and was likely originally an occupational name for a person employed in some capacity related to the number seven, such as a tax collector or administrator.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name SIEBEL appears in the Codex Traditionum Corbeiensium, a 9th century cartulary from the Abbey of Corvey in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia. The name is spelled "Sibilo" in this document, likely reflecting an earlier spelling variation.

In the 12th century, a knight named Sigebelo von Siebel is mentioned in chronicles from the region of Saxony-Anhalt. This suggests that by this time, the name had also become associated with certain noble or landowning families.

During the 13th and 14th centuries, the SIEBEL name can be found in various records and documents from the towns and villages of central and eastern Germany, such as Erfurt, Leipzig, and Berlin. Some of these records list individuals with the surname variants Syebel, Siebell, and Sybel.

One notable bearer of the SIEBEL name was Johann Philipp Siebel, a 16th century Lutheran theologian and author born in Worms in 1512. He published several works on religious subjects during his lifetime and served as a court preacher to the Elector Palatine.

In the 18th century, a merchant and industrialist named Johann Siebel (1736-1807) established a successful textile manufacturing business in the city of Krefeld. His descendants continued to operate the family business for several generations.

Throughout the 19th century, as Germans began emigrating to other parts of the world in larger numbers, the SIEBEL surname spread to new regions. Some notable examples include the American politician and businessman Henry Siebel (1830-1907) and the French composer and organist Albert Siebel (1844-1915).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Siebel

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

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 Siebel 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 Siebel 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 Siebel was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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