Explore the Family Name Seigler

The meaning of Seigler

Americanized form of German Sigler.

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

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Seigler surname has seen a significant rise between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of this surname in terms of prevalence improved from 13,277th in 2000 to 11,753rd in 2010, marking an increase of 11.48%. In addition, the count of individuals with this surname grew by 26.42%, rising from 2,108 in 2000 to 2,665 in 2010. This growth also resulted in an increase in the proportion of Seiglers per 100,000 people, which went up by 15.38% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,277	#11,753	11.48%
Count	2,108	2,665	26.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.78	0.9	15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seigler

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Seigler surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease of 0.15% over the decade. The percentage of Seiglers identifying as Black decreased more noticeably, dropping by 14.84%. However, there were increases in the percentages of Seiglers identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those reporting two or more races, which rose by 19.3% and 33.76%, respectively. There was also a substantial increase in the percentage of Seiglers of Hispanic ethnicity, which more than doubled, increasing by 117.54%. Conversely, the representation of American Indian and Alaskan Native among Seiglers saw a significant decline of 45.16%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	85.53%	85.4%	-0.15%
Black	10.58%	9.01%	-14.84%
Hispanic	1.14%	2.48%	117.54%
Two or More Races	1.57%	2.1%	33.76%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.57%	0.68%	19.3%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.62%	0.34%	-45.16%