The Seibel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,331 people carried this name — #7,668 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,226 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 279 people named Seibel 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 La Pampa.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

La Pampa 82
Buenos Aires Province 73
Misiones 45
Río Negro 27
Entre Ríos 20
Santa Fe 18
Chaco 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

74 people named Seibel live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 16
Zurich 16
Bern 11
Solothurn 7
Thurgau 7
Vaud 4
St. Gallen 4
Basel-Stadt 3

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 39 people named Seibel.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Moselle 8
Paris 7
Rhône 3
Nord 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Seine-Maritime 1
Haut-Rhin 1
Calvados 1

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

In Poland’s population register

27 people named Seibel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 61 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 14
Opole 8
Lower Silesian 3
Lubusz 2

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

In print

Seibel in American newspapers,
1911.

Newspaper page from Warren Sheaf carrying the name Seibel
Warren Sheaf 1911-02-16
Newspaper page from Warren Sheaf carrying the name Seibel
Warren Sheaf 1911-02-02
Newspaper page from Warren Sheaf carrying the name Seibel
Warren Sheaf 1911-02-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,105 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Seibel in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

575 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Seibel. The most, 212, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 546
Victoria 10
South Australia 8
New South Wales 7
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Seibel.

Who carried it

People named Seibel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Seibel
    George Seibel 1872–1958 · writer
  • Edwin A. Seibel
    Edwin A. Seibel 1902–1957 · politician
  • Albert Seibel 1844–1936 · winegrower
  • Ben Seibel 1918–1985 · painter
  • Beatriz Seibel 1934–2018 · writer
  • Claus Seibel 1936–2022 · editing staff

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Seibel,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,090 records

1,090 records of the Seibel name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 473
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 322
  • Other U.S. records 295
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Orville W. Seibel

    Born 1910 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; farmer from Marshall County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ruchel Seibel

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Blucher from Hamburg, aged 15; servant. From Grembno, Austria; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Alfred Roy Seibel

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1993; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,090 records for Seibel in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany477 records

477 records of the Seibel name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 476
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Seibel

    Born 1891; from Liegnitz. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 46).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Seibel

    Born 1876; from Wellen, Kreis der Eder. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 78).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Andreas Seibel

    From Brunndorf, Lemberg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 11 July 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 36).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 477 records for Seibel in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands114 records

114 records of the Seibel name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 65
  • Dutch population registers 40
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 9
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Reintje Seibel

    Born 1867 in Utrecht. Married in 1894 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johanna Sophia Seibel

    Born 1823 in Schiedam. Died 1902 in Schiedam, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Schiedam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jan Coenraad Seibel

    In the population register of Winterswijk; clerk, born 1795 in Haarlem.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcentrum Achterhoek en Liemers (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 114 records for Seibel in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France23 records

23 records of the Seibel name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Louise Micheline Seibel

    Born 1915 in Nancy; died 2001 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Guy Jean Louis Seibel

    Born 1909 in Escaudain (Nord); died 1998 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Irene Marie Therese Seibel

    Born 1934 in Seingbouse; died 1991 in Freyming-Merlebach (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Seibel in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia19 records

19 records of the Seibel name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 16
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Seibel

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Sverge, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Conrad Seibel

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1874.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Conrad Seibel

    Will registered in Queensland in 1857.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Seibel in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada17 records

17 records of the Seibel name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 7
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Seibel

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 87.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Seibel

    Buried in 1990 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Seibel

    Buried in 1911 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence

Showing 3 of 17 records for Seibel in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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