The Seifert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,499 people carried this name — #3,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,395 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Seifert surname
A surname, derived from Siegfried.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Seifert» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
632 people named Seifert live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 Poland’s population register
429 people named Seifert have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 557 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 329 people named Seifert 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 86 people named Seifert.
Most of them — 44 — 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
118 people named Seifert 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
Seifert in American newspapers,
1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,371 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Seifert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Friedrich Seifert 1838–1920 · engraver -
Ladislav Seifert 1883–1956 · teacher -
Steven A. Seifert 1950–2022 · editor -
Rudolf Seifert 1960– · photographer -
Alexander Seifert 1960– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 232 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Seifert.
- Seguinot 292 · U.S. census
- Segur 344 · U.S. census
- Segura 30,880 · U.S. census
- Seibert 10,826 · U.S. census
- Seidel 8,430 · U.S. census
- Seidler 1,602 · U.S. census
- Seigle 682 · U.S. census
- Seigler 2,665 · U.S. census
- Seigneur 142 · U.S. census
- Seiler 8,170 · U.S. census
- Seilhan 131 · U.S. census
- Sein 755 · U.S. census
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