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 Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(frequency 1:1,150), 13.2% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:29,401), 3.8% of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(1:58,599) and 1.2% of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

(1:34,522). In

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Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

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Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

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Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

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Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

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List of people surnamed Seidel

Alex Seidel Alex Seidel (4 July 1909 – 24 October 1989) was a German weapons manufacturer and the co-founder of Heckler & Koch along with Theodor Koch and Edmund Heckler Edmund Heckler (2 February 1906 – 2 July 1960) was a German engineer & weapo ...

(1909–1989), German firearm manufacturer and businessman * Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern (born 1956), German process engineer *

Anna Seidel Anna Katharina Seidel (1938 – September 29, 1991) was a German Sinologist who was regarded as an authority in the study of Taoism. During her 22 years at the Institut du Hobogirin of the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient in Kyoto, Seidel had ...

(1938–1991), German sinologist *

Anna Seidel (speed skater) Anna Seidel (born 31 March 1998) is a German short track speed skater. At the ISU World Cup in Kolomna, Russia, in November 2013, Seidel placed 6th in the A Final of the 1500m event, thereby qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, whe ...

(born 1998), German short track skater *

Bastian Seidel Bastian Manfred Seidel (born 23 April 1975) is an Australian politician and medical doctor. Seidel was born in Kamen, a small town in the Ruhr Valley region of Germany, and undertook preliminary medical training in South Africa and Germany, befo ...

(born 1975), Australian politician and medical doctor * Brian Seidel (1928–2019), Australian painter and teacher * Christian Seidel (born 1959), German author and film producer * Christiane Seidel (born 1988), American-born German-Danish actress *

Doreen Seidel Doreen Seidel (born 19 September 1985 in Chemnitz) is a German racecar driver, racing instructor, Playmate and model. She made her debut as a racing driver in the 2011 ADAC Cruze Cup. In her career as a racing driver, Seidel has participated in ...

(born 1985), German model and racing driver * Ed Seidel (born 1957), American computer scientist and physicist *

Edmund Seidel Edmund Seidel (born July 10, 1878 in the German Empire) was an American newspaper editor and politician from New York. Life The family emigrated to the United States in 1882. He attended the common schools in Philadelphia. He ran on the Socialis ...

(1878–?), socialist New York state senator * Ella Seidel (born 2005), German tennis player *

Emil Seidel Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864 – June 24, 1947) was a prominent German-American politician. Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. The first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, Seidel became the Vice Presidential ...

(1864–1947), Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee *

Erich Seidel Erich Seidel is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 team event at the 1951 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1951 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were he ...

, German slalom canoeist *

Erik Seidel Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won nine World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title. In 2010, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Early life ...

(born 1959), American poker player * Franz Schweigger-Seidel (1834–1871), German physiologist *

Frederick Seidel Frederick Seidel (born February 19, 1936) is an American poet. Biography Seidel was born to a family of Russian Jewish descent in St. Louis, Missouri in 1936. His family owned Seidel Coal and Coke, which supplied coal to the brewing industry in St ...

(born 1936), American poet * Fynn Seidel (born 2004), German footballer * Guenter Seidel (born 1960), American equestrian * Hanns Seidel (1901–1961), German politician *

Heinrich Seidel Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Seidel (25 June 1842, Perlin, Germany, Perlin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 7 November 1906, Berlin) was a German engineer, poet and writer. Life Seidel was the son of a pastor and st ...

(1842–1906), German engineer and writer *

Heinz Seidel Heinz Seidel (born 5 July 1931) is a German cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He won the 1962 national East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; ...

(born 1931), German cross-country skier * Hillel Seidel (1920–1999), Israeli politician * Ina Seidel (1885–1974), German poet and author *

Jan Seidel Jan Seidel (born 10 October 1984) is a German football referee. Jan Seidel lives in Oberkrämer. He is a DFB referee for Grün-Weiß Brieselang. He has managed games in the North Regional league since the 2008–09 season, and he has managed th ...

(born 1984), German football referee * Janet Seidel (1955–2017), Australian jazz singer * Jed Seidel, American television producer and screenwriter * Jen Seidel (born 1968), American professional body painter *

Kathleen Seidel Kathleen Seidel is an American researcher and weblog publisher from Peterborough, New Hampshire, best known for investigations and writing on autism. Her inquiries into the work and conduct of Mark Geier and his son David Geier regarding chelation ...

, American autism blogger * Lavon Seidel-Volsky (born 1965), Belarusian musician *

Leon Seidel Leon Seidel (born November 22, 1996) is a German actor. He is known for playing the role of "Huckleberry Finn" in the German film of 2011 . Life and career Seidel was born in Cologne. His talent for acting, says Seidel, he had inherited from h ...

(born 1996), German actor * Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress * Mike Seidel (born 1957), American meteorologist *

Molly Seidel Molly Seidel (born July 12, 1994) is an American long distance runner. Seidel represented the United States at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in 2012, 2013, and 2018. In her first-ever marathon, Seidel placed second at the 2020 U.S. Marathon ...

(born 1994), American long-distance runner *

Paul Seidel Paul Seidel (born December 30, 1970) is a Swiss-Italian mathematician. He is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Career Seidel attended Heidelberg University, where he received his Diplom under supervision of Albrecht ...

(born 1970), Swiss-Italian mathematician * Paul Seidel (cyclist) (1913–1940), German racing cyclist * Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821–1896), German mathematician, optician and astronomer *

Raimund Seidel Raimund G. Seidel is a German and Austrian theoretical computer scientist and an expert in computational geometry. Seidel was born in Graz, Austria, and studied with Hermann Maurer at the Graz University of Technology. He received his M. Sc. in 19 ...

, 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 Sven Seidel (born 1973/74) is a businessman, CEO of the Lidl supermarket chain, from March 2014 to February 2017, when he was succeeded by Jesper Højer Jesper Højer (born 5 September 1978) is a Danish businessman. He was the CEO of the Lidl ...

(born 1973/74), former CEO of Lidl *

Toscha Seidel Toscha Seidel (November 17, 1899 – November 15, 1962) was a Russian violin virtuoso. Biography Seidel was born in Odessa on November 17, 1899, to a Jewish family. A student of Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg, Seidel became known for a lush, rom ...

(1899–1962), Russian musician *

Wolfgang Seidel Wolfgang Seidel (4 July 1926 – 1 March 1987) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953. He scored no championship points. Seidel often entered cars under his ow ...

(1926–1987), German racing driver

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Geographical distribution

List of people surnamed Seidel

See also

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