Sievert Surname
Approximately 10,608 people bear this surname
Sievert Surname Definition:
“Victory and Peace” in Old Dutch. Corruption of Siegfried.
Sievert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,005 | 1:13,406 | 1,745 |
| United States | 3,471 | 1:104,425 | 11,483 |
| Brazil | 523 | 1:409,320 | 15,543 |
| Canada | 139 | 1:265,076 | 24,993 |
| Philippines | 108 | 1:937,391 | 83,277 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
The alternate forms: Siévert (1) are calculated separately.
Sievert (194) may also be a first name.
Sievert Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Victory and Peace” in Old Dutch. Corruption of Siegfried.
Sievert Demographics
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Sievert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sievert Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sievert is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Siévert. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sievert? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,588th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 686,986 people. Sievert occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Sievert live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 651,944th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 194 people.
The surname Sievert is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 6,005 people, or 1 in 13,406. In Germany Sievert is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 10 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Sievert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sievert has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sievert surname rose 1,897 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sievert Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sievert are 12.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.61% registered with the political party.
The amount Sievert earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.18% less than the national average, earning R 184,920 per year; in United States they earn 5.93% more than the national average, earning $45,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.96% more than the national average, earning $51,648 CAD per year.
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