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    The surname Seiter

    A surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S360

    Seiter: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Seiter #14,902, 1,986 people Seiter: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Seiter #14,902, 1,986 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seiter is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,986 people named Seiter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,788.

    #14,902
    rank among US surnames
    1,986
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,135)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,893Sweetman1,987155,383
    #14,902Enderle1,986155,461

    Who is named Seiter

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

    97% of people named Seiter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Seiters

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William A. Seiter
      American film director (1890-1964)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seiter

    Seiter has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Seiter?
    1,986 people in the United States had the surname Seiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seiter?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Seiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Seiter?
    William A. Seiter, American film director (1890-1964).
    Where is the surname Seiter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seiter in the United States.
    Is the surname Seiter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 11%.