# Seek (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 677 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,645 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 456,050 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (641 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see Xue.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seek in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |

## Similar surnames

Seck, Siek, Seese, Shek, Skewes, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs, Sisk.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.