The Seeger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,129 people carried this name — #8,013 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,953 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
259 people named Seeger live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Seeger.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 40 people named Seeger live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Seeger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 74 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
59 people named Seeger is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Seeger in American newspapers,
1905–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,217 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Seeger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Friedrich Seeger d. 1726 · pastor
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Eugen Seeger d. 1945
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Johann Gottfried Seeger 1669–1722 · pastor
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Gottlieb Seeger 1683–1743 · pastor
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Georg Burckhard Seeger 1689–1741 · physician
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Paulus Seeger 1691–1743 · musician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Seeger.
- Secondi 124 · U.S. census
- Secret 112 · U.S. census
- Secula 147 · U.S. census
- Sedano 3,048 · U.S. census
- Sedlak 2,128 · U.S. census
- See 9,081 · U.S. census
- Seel 1,002 · U.S. census
- Seelig 1,271 · U.S. census
- Seemann 1,044 · U.S. census
- Seewald 718 · U.S. census
- Seferian 211 · U.S. census
- Sega 298 · U.S. census
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