The Sievers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,349 people carried this name — #6,363 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,224 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sievers surname

From the given name Siever, with the patronymic genitive ending -s.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (de.wiktionary.org, the German edition) — entry «Sievers», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from German and condensed.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 66 people named Sievers 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 55
Buenos Aires Province 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

63 people named Sievers live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 17
Zurich 17
Aargau 10
Geneva 7
Lucerne 6
Nidwalden 3
Thurgau 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 22 people named Sievers.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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 9
Moselle 8
Haut-Rhin 3
Gironde 1
Paris 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

231 people named Sievers are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 135
Sweden (2022) 96

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sievers in American newspapers,
1873.

Newspaper page from Westliche Blätter carrying the name Sievers
Westliche Blätter 1873-10-12
Newspaper page from Westliche Blätter carrying the name Sievers
Westliche Blätter 1873-10-19
Newspaper page from Westliche Blätter carrying the name Sievers
Westliche Blätter 1873-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 193,823 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sievers in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

2,498 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sievers. The most, 478, 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 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 897
New South Wales 795
Victoria 600
Western Australia 73
South Australia 67
Tasmania 37
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Sievers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karl von Sievers
    Karl von Sievers 1710–1774 · civil servant
  • Philipp Heinrich Friedrich Sievers
    Philipp Heinrich Friedrich Sievers 1774–1845 · author
  • Yelena Sievers
    Yelena Sievers 1789–1866
  • Lina Sievers d. 1908
  • Margarethe Sievers 1601–1617
  • Richard Sievers 1660–1700

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 Sievers,
in the records of 8 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 States1,467 records

1,467 records of the Sievers name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 789
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 347
  • Other U.S. records 331
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Samuel J. Sievers

    Born 1917 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans; office clerk from Orleans Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Sina Sievers

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Bremen from Bremen, aged 28; servant. From Germany; bound for St. Louis.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Robert Sievers

    Born 1950; from Gunnison, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,467 records for Sievers 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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany1,236 records

1,236 records of the Sievers name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,235
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Sievers

    Born 1899; from Segeberg. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 4 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 341).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wilhelm Hinrich Sievers

    Estate settled at Sereetz in 1880; cottager.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Sievers

    From Hörben, Steinburg i. Holstein. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 22 January 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 426).

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

Showing 3 of 1,236 records for Sievers 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands1,042 records

1,042 records of the Sievers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 592
  • Dutch population registers 398
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 52
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Christiaan Frederik Sievers

    Married in 1898 in Hilversum; coachman. Died 1949 in Hilversum, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Geertrui Sievers

    Married in 1849 in Zutphen; seamstress. Died 1866 in Zutphen, aged 46.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Rudolph Anton Sievers

    Married in 1884 in Appingedam; cutter. Died 1909 in Appingedam, aged 62; tailor.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,042 records for Sievers 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).

Australia212 records

212 records of the Sievers name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 95
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 56
  • Other Australian records 61
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Sievers

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John Barry, arriving 1836; certificate of freedom 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Auguste Sievers

    Arrived in Queensland in 1863 aboard the La Rochelle, aged 29.

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

    Retired blacksmith striker of East Richmond, Victoria; died 1961.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 212 records for Sievers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Norway9 records

9 records of the Sievers name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Julie Sievers

    Census of 1910: Ødegaarden, Tune; born 1825 in Moss.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Walter Sievers

    Census of 1910: Bakkegate, Kristiania; born 1899 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 2 of 9 records for Sievers in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France8 records

8 records of the Sievers 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 Charles Auguste Sievers

    Born 1904 in Richemont; died 1984 in Marange-Silvange (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 Jean Henri Sievers

    Born 1953 in Morschwiller-le-Bas; died 1995 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Sievers 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).

Finland8 records

8 records of the Sievers name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Gösta Gunnar Sievers

    Born 1916 in Jaala; farmer. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Ruotsinpyhtää.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Oiva Rafael Sievers

    Born 1906 in Kotka; factory worker. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Kotka.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Sievers in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sievers name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Herman Sievers

    Died 1955 in Baddeck, Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elerhard Heinrich Sievers

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Sievers in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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