Explore the Family Name Seevers

The meaning of Seevers

North German: variant of Sievers.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Seevers in the United States?

The surname Seevers has seen a rise in popularity according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, Seevers was ranked as the 15,252nd most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had climbed up the ranks to become the 13,953rd most common name. This represented an 8.52 percent increase. The count of people bearing this surname also grew from 1,770 in 2000 to 2,163 in 2010, marking a significant 22.2 percent growth. When accounting for the population size, the proportion of people with the Seevers surname per 100,000 individuals saw an increase of 10.61 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,252	#13,953	8.52%
Count	1,770	2,163	22.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.66	0.73	10.61%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seevers

Turning to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts in the ethnic identities associated with the Seevers surname between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage dropped slightly from 95.71 to 93.34 percent. The percentage of Seevers identifying as Hispanic saw the most drastic increase, jumping from 1.07 percent in 2000 to 2.91 percent in 2010 — a rise of 171.96 percent. There was also a moderate increase in those identifying as Black, up 37.59 percent to 1.94 percent. The percentage of Seevers identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dipped slightly, while the percentage of those claiming two or more races increased, and the percentage identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.71%	93.34%	-2.48%
Hispanic	1.07%	2.91%	171.96%
Black	1.41%	1.94%	37.59%
Two or More Races	1.02%	1.11%	8.82%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.51%	0.42%	-17.65%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.28%	0.28%	0%