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Early Origins of the Siefert family

The surname Siefert 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 Siefert family

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Siefert 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 Siefert family

Prominent bearers of the name Siefert at this time were

  • Paul Siefert (variants: Syfert, Sivert, Sibert) (1586-1666), a German composer and organist associated with the North German school

Siefert Ranking

In the United States, the name Siefert is the 14,480th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Siefert migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Siefert Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Joh Siefert, who arrived in America in 1778 [2]
Siefert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Siefert, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1843 [2]
  • Jacob Siefert, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1843 [2]
  • William Siefert, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1850 [2]
  • Michael Siefert, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1856 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Siefert (post 1700) +

  • Maria Carrasco Siefert, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996 [3]
  • August Siefert, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916 [3]
  • Annemarie Gethmann- Siefert (b. 1945), German professor of philosophy at the University of Hagen, Germany
  • Silvia Siefert (b. 1953), East German silver medalist handball player at the 1976 Summer Olympics


  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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