Seemann surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Seemann surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,044 people carried this name — #24,112 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 915 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

281 people named Seemann have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 405 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 143
Opole 67
Greater Poland 42
Pomeranian 11
Lower Silesian 7
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 7
Lubusz 2
West Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

162 people named Seemann live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 54
Thurgau 40
Aargau 30
Bern 14
Vaud 7
Basel-Landschaft 5
Lucerne 5
Zug 4

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 135 people named Seemann.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Bas-Rhin 80
Moselle 12
Haut-Rhin 12
Paris 10
Rhône 9
Yvelines 5
Loire 2
Ain 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

45 people named Seemann is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 45

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).

Who carried it

People named Seemann,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martha Seemann d. 1933 · actor
  • Justus Wilhelm Seemann d. 1844 · jurist
  • Heinrich Seemann 1200–1259 · Domkustos
  • Sebastian Seemann 1500–1551 · monk
  • Anna Seemann 1547–1607
  • Salomon Seemann 1691–1734 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Seemann is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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