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    The surname Seckel

    A surname, carried by 459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S240

    Seckel: #46,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seckel #46,404, 459 people Seckel: #46,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Seckel #46,404, 459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seckel is more common than 71.4% of them.

    Origin

    The pear originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 459 people named Seckel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 672,648 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 519.

    #46,404
    rank among US surnames
    459
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #39,824)

    Who is named Seckel

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Seckel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seckel

    Seckel has the Soundex code S240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S240.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seckel come from?
    The pear originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.
    How common is the surname Seckel?
    459 people in the United States had the surname Seckel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 672,648 Americans. It ranked 46,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seckel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seckel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Seckel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 459 in 2010, down 12%.