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Early Origins of the Sievert family

The surname Sievert was first found in northern Germany, in particular Hamburg and Pomerania, where the name gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society in this region. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches in the eastern Baltic, elevating their social status by their great contributions to society through the military and civil services.

Early History of the Sievert family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sievert research. Another 200 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1586, 1666, 1710, 1745, 1760 and 1768 are included under the topic Early Sievert History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sievert Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sievers, Siever, Sievert, Sivrit, Sievertsen, Siver, Sivers, Sivert, Siefert, Siffert, Siefers, Sieverling (Westphalia), Siewer, Siewers and many more.

Early Notables of the Sievert family

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Sievert Ranking

In the United States, the name Sievert is the 14,761st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Sievert migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sievert Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Casper Ludwig Sievert, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 [2]
  • Johan Henrich Sievert, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 [2]
  • Caspar Ludwig Sievert, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1753
Sievert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ludwig Sievert, aged 14, who landed in New York in 1850 [2]
  • Maria Sievert, aged 17, who arrived in New York in 1850 [2]
  • Mina Sievert, who landed in New York in 1850 [2]
  • Sophia Sievert, aged 20, who arrived in New York in 1850 [2]
  • Dorothea Sievert, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1850 [2]
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Sievert (post 1700) +

  • Henry J. Sievert, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904 [3]
  • Thomas Sievert (b. 1934), German architect and urban planner
  • Hans Heinrich Sievert (1909-1963), German Olympic gold medalist decathlete at the 1934 European Games
  • José Joaquín Chaverri Sievert (b. 1949), Costa Rican diplomat
  • Professor Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966), Swedish medical physicist
  • David Sievert Lavender (1910-2003), American historian and writer of the Western United States


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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