Seifert is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Seifert
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Seifert is variant form of Sever. One with a grave and austere demeanor.

Descendant of Sigifrith meaning "victory, peace".

Lastname is variation of Sievers. Descendant of Sigiwart meaning "victory, worthy".

Surname is the variation of Siveyer. A maker of sieves, whence also Sivewright.

How popular is Seifert?

Seifert is common in Germany, United States, Austria, Brazil, Czechia, Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Argentina, Australia, England, Denmark, Croatia, France, Sweden.

Seifert is ranked 6968 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Seifert bearers increased by 1 per cent in 2010 US census to 10499 since 2000, the surname slipped by 239 spots and ranked at 3408. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.32 96.96
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.26
Others 1.1 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.46
Black 0.34 0.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0.21
Seifert is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 81323 people have been found who wears Seifert as their family name. Seifert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Seifert:
105 Germany58,629
3,150 United States14,470
Countries with thousands of Seifert:
647 Austria1,524
5,610 Brazil1,462
Countries with hundreds of Seifert:
1,862 Czechia812
6,210 Canada715
2,171 Switzerland626
9,578 Poland624
9,258 Argentina390
9,295 Australia338
18,901 England247
3,490 Denmark167
7,147 Croatia121
77,014 France116
6,949 Sweden103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
16,746 Mexico78
145,864 Thailand75
30,213 Netherlands74
35,195 Spain52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,070 New Zealand47
8,136 Dominican Republic46
8,674 Slovenia46
30,800 Belgium46
69,478 South Africa44
5,748 Singapore43
81,534 Italy40
17,004 Norway39
27,208 Slovakia35
4,189 Trinidad and Tobago29
10,794 Estonia23
168,058 Philippines21
6,126 Northern Ireland19
33,535 Hungary18
311,782 Russia16
15,044 Scotland16
21,998 Chile15
14,974 Ecuador15
18,218 Uruguay14
102,971 Malaysia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,516 Barbados9
57,975 Israel9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
9,127 Paraguay8
11,702 China6
41,832 Finland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

M. Seifert hailed from Germany. 24 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Woodside and arrived on September 2, 1852. Peter Seifert (18) Farmer, 18 years old Peter Seifert, 24 years old Georges Seifert, Fritz Seifert (39) Farmer, 19 years old Cathrine Seifert, Eva Seifert, Marguerite Seifert (21) Farmer, Michel Seifert, aged 16, and 1012 other Seifert around 39.05% of whom were farmer while others worked as smith and laborer, tailor, miller, cultivator, cooper, gardener, merchant, servant, joiner, weaver, seamstress, shoemaker, brewer, bookseller, carpenter, daughter, undefined code, glass worker, butcher, clerk, barber, bricklayer, cabinet maker, waiter, cook, drover, engineer, saddler, stone cutter, spinster, baker, painter, miner, mason, tourist migrated to US.

Seifert Namesakes

  • Herbert Seifert, German mathematician known for his work
  • Walter Seifert,
  • Rainer Seifert, member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  • Ernst Seifert, German organ builder and founder of a company named after him
  • Jaroslav Seifert, Nobel Prize–winning Czechoslovak writer
  • George Seifert, American former football coach and player
  • Richard Seifert, Swiss-British architect, best
  • Zbigniew Seifert, Polish jazz violinist
  • Marty Seifert, former Republican Minority Leader and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • Harald Seifert, East German bobsledder

Seifert Namesakes

  • Herbert Seifert, German mathematician known for his work
  • Walter Seifert,
  • Rainer Seifert, member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  • Ernst Seifert, German organ builder and founder of a company named after him
  • Jaroslav Seifert, Nobel Prize–winning Czechoslovak writer
  • George Seifert, American former football coach and player
  • Richard Seifert, Swiss-British architect, best
  • Zbigniew Seifert, Polish jazz violinist
  • Marty Seifert, former Republican Minority Leader and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • Harald Seifert, East German bobsledder

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