Seidel (surname)

Seidel is a surname of German origin.

Geographical distribution[]

As of 2014, 75.2% of all known bearers of the surname Seidel were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,150), 13.2% of the United States (1:29,401), 3.8% of Brazil (1:58,599) and 1.2% of Poland (1:34,522).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,150) in the following states:^[1]

1. Saxony (1:258)
2. Thuringia (1:559)
3. Bremen (1:668)
4. Saxony-Anhalt (1:671)
5. Brandenburg (1:705)
6. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:1,058)

List of people surnamed Seidel[]

• Alex Seidel (1909-1989), German firearm manufacturer and businessman
• Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern (born 1956), German process engineer
• Anna Seidel (1938-1991), German sinologist
• Anna Seidel (speed skater), German short track skater
• Bastian Seidel (born 1975), Australian politician and medical doctor
• Christian Seidel, German author and film producer
• Christiane Seidel (born 1988), American-born German-Danish actress
• Doreen Seidel (born 1985), German model and racing driver
• Ed Seidel (born 1957), computer scientist and physicist
• Edmund Seidel (born 1878), socialist New York state senator
• Emil Seidel (1864-1947), Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee
• Erich Seidel, German slalom canoeist
• Erik Seidel (born 1959), American poker player
• Frederick Seidel (born 1936), American poet
• Fynn Seidel (born 2004), German footballer
• Guenter Seidel (born 1960), American equestrian
• Hanns Seidel (1901-1961), German politician
• Heinrich Seidel (1842–1906), German engineer and writer
• Ina Seidel (1885–1974), German poet and author
• Janet Seidel (1955–2017), American jazz singer
• Jed Seidel, American television producer and screenwriter
• Jen Seidel, American professional body painter
• Kathleen Seidel, American autism blogger
• Lavon Seidel-Volsky (born 1965), Belarusian musician
• Leon Seidel (born 1996), German actor
• Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress
• Mike Seidel (born 1957), American meteorologist
• Molly Seidel (born 1994), American long-distance runner
• Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821–1896), German mathematician, optician and astronomer
• Raimund Seidel, a German and Austrian computer scientist
• Silvia Seidel (1969-2012), German actress
• Slava Seidel (born 1974), German artist
• Sören Seidel (born 1972), German football manager
• Sven Seidel (born 1973/74), former CEO of Lidl
• Toscha Seidel (1899–1962), Russian musician
• Wolfgang Seidel (1926-1987), German racing driver

See also[]

• Seidl, a surname
• Seydel, a surname
• Seidell, a surname
• Zajdel (disambiguation), Polonized version

References[]

Surname list

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