Sievers Surname
Approximately 28,498 people bear this surname
Sievers Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Sigiwart (victory, worthy).
Sievert, Siewert, Siewerth (German) Descendant of Sigiwart (victory, worthy).
Sievers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18,254 | 1:4,410 | 508 |
| United States | 7,889 | 1:45,945 | 5,595 |
| Brazil | 528 | 1:405,444 | 15,436 |
| Australia | 422 | 1:63,971 | 7,671 |
| Netherlands | 206 | 1:81,977 | 13,715 |
| Denmark | 134 | 1:42,125 | 4,385 |
| New Zealand | 128 | 1:35,378 | 6,076 |
| Sweden | 105 | 1:93,779 | 6,818 |
| Finland | 102 | 1:53,889 | 6,425 |
| South Africa | 85 | 1:637,385 | 47,411 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Panama | 66 | 1:59,277 | 2,728 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Chile | 57 | 1:309,061 | 8,852 |
| Switzerland | 52 | 1:157,941 | 14,824 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 1:7,676 | 1,080 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 653 | 1:76,905 | 8,178 |
Sievers (18) may also be a first name.
Sievers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Sigiwart (victory, worthy).
Sievert, Siewert, Siewerth (German) Descendant of Sigiwart (victory, worthy).
Sievers Demographics
Average Sievers Salary in
United States
$45,644 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sievers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sievers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sievers (Arabic: سيفرس) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sievers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,290th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 255,721 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Sievers live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sievers is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename internationally, held by 18 people.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 18,254 people, or 1 in 4,410. In Germany Sievers is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 30 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 28 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 56 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Sievers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sievers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,208 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sievers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sievers last name are 27.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.42% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sievers earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning 353,896 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning R 252,840 per year; in United States they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $45,644 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.31% more than the national average, earning $58,780 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sievers Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sievers in the Arabic language | ||
| سيفرس | syfrs | - |
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Sievers Reference & Research
Sevier-Seaver-Severs DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sevier-Seaver-Severs FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sievers
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