Seifert Surname
Approximately 81,327 people bear this surname
Seifert Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Sigifrith (victory, peace).
Seifert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 58,629 | 1:1,373 | 105 |
| United States | 14,474 | 1:25,042 | 3,150 |
| Austria | 1,524 | 1:5,588 | 647 |
| Brazil | 1,462 | 1:146,426 | 5,607 |
| Czechia | 812 | 1:13,095 | 1,862 |
| Canada | 715 | 1:51,532 | 6,210 |
| Switzerland | 626 | 1:13,120 | 2,171 |
| Poland | 624 | 1:60,911 | 9,578 |
| Argentina | 390 | 1:109,598 | 9,258 |
| Australia | 338 | 1:79,869 | 9,295 |
| England | 247 | 1:225,579 | 18,901 |
| Denmark | 167 | 1:33,801 | 3,490 |
| Croatia | 121 | 1:34,947 | 7,147 |
| France | 116 | 1:572,610 | 77,014 |
| Sweden | 103 | 1:95,600 | 6,949 |
| Mexico | 78 | 1:1,591,362 | 16,746 |
| Thailand | 75 | 1:941,845 | 145,864 |
| Netherlands | 74 | 1:228,205 | 30,213 |
| Spain | 52 | 1:899,078 | 35,195 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Slovenia | 46 | 1:54,080 | 8,674 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Slovakia | 35 | 1:152,470 | 27,208 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29 | 1:47,034 | 4,189 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Hungary | 18 | 1:545,349 | 33,535 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,857 | 1:27,043 | 3,320 |
Seifert (40) may also be a first name.
Seifert Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Sigifrith (victory, peace).
Seifert Demographics
Average Seifert Salary in
United States
$46,494 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seifert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seifert Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seifert (Arabic: سيفرت) occurs most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seifert? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,963rd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,608 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Seifert reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 58,629 people, or 1 in 1,373. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 23 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found and Bavaria, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 84 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Austria, where 2 percent are found.
Seifert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seifert has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seifert last name increased 779 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,544 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seifert Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seifert are 13.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.53% registered with the party.
The amount Seifert earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 15.67% less than the national average, earning 291,862 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.7% less than the national average, earning R 152,796 per year; in United States they earn 7.75% more than the national average, earning $46,494 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $48,802 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seifert Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seifert in the Arabic language | ||
| سيفرت | syfrt | - |
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