Siegfried is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Siegfried
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Met in Alsace-Lorraine (and Germany), it is a personal name of Germanic origin, Sigfrid (sig = victory + frid = peace). Varientes: Sieffritt, Siefridt, Siffritt, Sigfrid, Sigfrit.

How popular is Siegfried?

Siegfried is common in Germany.

Siegfried is ranked 47453 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Siegfrieds plummeted by 0.2704164 per cent to 3688 since 2000 and slipped by 636 spots and ranked at 8878. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.25 96.62
Hispanic or Latino 2.39 1.68
Others 1.17 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.24
Black 0.3 0.22
Siegfried is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10090 people have been found who wears Siegfried as their family name. Siegfried is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
33,253 New Zealand9
5,565 Costa Rica8
527,030 Indonesia7
14,054 China3
119,730 Brazil3
2,754 Namibia3
24,766 Scotland2
18,718 Thailand2
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,004 Hungary2
19,046 Ireland2
29,046 Japan1
66,560 Philippines1
91,024 Belgium1
3,243 Suriname1
24,771 Colombia1
21,562 Portugal1
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
8,268 Mauritius1
5,553 Taiwan1
492,292 Ukraine1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
12,953 Finland48
15,412 Denmark34
52,947 Netherlands31
32,811 Sweden29
64,073 Australia28
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
56,973 South Africa73
33,773 Spain69
60,099 England59
Countries with hundreds of Siegfried:
1,353 Switzerland720
25,166 France392
5,435 Slovakia187
6,872 Austria183
19,932 Canada179
21,011 Mexico157
Countries with thousands of Siegfried:
8,114 United States4,618
2,822 Germany3,060
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

U Siegfried was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 12, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Yorktown from London.

Comments

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Cletus Bester
siegfried Alsace-Lorraine is a name, regional variant sigfrid, personal name of Germanic origin composed of sig which means victory and frid which means peace.

Siegfried Namesakes

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  • G. Siegfried Kutter, Author
  • Larry Siegfried, Basketball Player
  • Orville Siegfried, Football player
  • Bruno Siegfried Huhn, Composer
  • Sibylle Siegfried, Robert Aldrich's wife
  • Larry Siegfried, Basketball Player
  • Chris Siegfried, Coach
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