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Segal Ranking

In the United States, the name Segal is the 4,793rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1


United States Segal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Segal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Simon Segal, aged 26, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 2
  • Morecai Segal, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 2
Segal Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Abraham Segal, aged 19, who landed in America from Brody, in 1900
  • Max Segal, who arrived in Mississippi in 1902 2
  • Abe Segal, who immigrated to the United States, in 1902
  • Abel Segal, aged 14, who settled in America from Russia, in 1905
  • Abraham Segal, aged 17, who landed in America from Hamburg, in 1906
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Segal migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Segal Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century
  • Segal, aged 58, who settled in St. Albert, Canada, in 1906

Contemporary Notables of the name Segal (post 1700) +

  • George Segal (1934-2021), American Oscar nominated, two-time Golden Globe winning film, stage and television actor
  • Jack Segal (1918-2005), American composer
  • Irving Segal (1918-1998), American mathematician
  • George Segal (1924-2000), American sculptor and painter
  • Erich Segal (1937-2010), American author, screenwriter, and educator
  • Harold E. Segal, American fighter pilot and flying ace in the U.S. Marine Corps, during World War II, credited with 12 aerial victories
  • Harry Segal, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 18th District, 1930 3
  • Gloria Segal, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964 3
  • Eli J. Segal, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996 3
  • David S. Segal, American Libertarian politician, Candidate for U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1998 3
  • ... (Another 17 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  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, December 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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