Explore the Family Name Sieben

The meaning of Sieben

North German and Dutch: patronymic from Siebe.

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

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

The popularity of the surname Sieben in the United States, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has witnessed a slight dip between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Sieben was ranked 22,854th in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had fallen to 24,554th, marking a decrease of approximately 7.44 percent. The total count of people with this last name also decreased from 1,046 in 2000 to 1,018 in 2010. This indicates a decline of about 2.68 percent. Furthermore, the proportion of people with the name Sieben per 100,000 population saw a drop of 10.26 percent from 0.39 to 0.35 over the same time frame.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,854	#24,554	-7.44%
Count	1,046	1,018	-2.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.35	-10.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sieben

The ethnicity information from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Sieben identify as White, with a nearly stable percentage of around 95.3% in both years. The number identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped significantly from 1.15 percent in 2000 to 0.79 percent in 2010, showing a 31.30 percent decrease. There was no data available for Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in 2010, possibly due to suppression for privacy reasons. Interestingly, the number of people identifying with two or more races and those identifying as Hispanic slightly increased, with changes of 14.72 percent and 16.78 percent respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.32%	95.28%	-0.04%
Two or More Races	1.63%	1.87%	14.72%
Hispanic	1.43%	1.67%	16.78%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.15%	0.79%	-31.3%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.48%	0%	0%