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The Segal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,972 people carried this name — #4,451 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,611 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Segal surname

Borrowed from Hebrew סגל (Segel).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Segal» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 429 people named Segal 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 246
Buenos Aires Province 146
Santa Fe 23
Mendoza 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 187 people named Segal.

55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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

Born outside France 55
Paris 108
Rhône 5
Ain 3
Marne 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Yvelines 2
Val-de-Marne 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Segal live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Geneva 7
Vaud 6
Bern 5
Schaffhausen 4
Schwyz 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 print

Segal in American newspapers,
1906–1913.

Newspaper page from Greene County Herald carrying the name Segal
Greene County Herald 1913-04-11
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Segal
The Enterprise 1909-07-07
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Segal
Daily Kennebec Journal 1906-09-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,887 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Segal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Segal
    Arthur Segal 1875–1944 · writer
  • Shefatia Segal d. 1955 · rabbi
  • Harvey H. Segal d. 1994
  • Elhanan Segal 1876–1903 · writer
  • Moshe Zvi Segal 1876–1968 · rabbi
  • Reuven Segal 1876–1940 · merchant

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

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Surnames next to Segal.

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