# Seitz (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,630 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,855 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,445 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (12,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Multiple etymologies: * German Seitz, from the personal name Seifried * variant of German Seiss * Germanized form of Slovene Zajec and dialectal Zajc, both meaning "hare"

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seitz 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seitz in the United States, Switzerland and Australia.

## People named Seitz

- Frederick Seitz, American physicist (1911–2008)
- George B. Seitz, American film director, producer and screenwriter (1888-1944)
- Chris Seitz, American soccer player
- John F. Seitz, American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979)
- Beat Seitz, bobsledder
- Patrick Seitz, American voice actor
- Kari Seitz, American soccer referee
- Matt Zoller Seitz, American writer and critic
- Michael Hayes, American professional wrestler and musician

## Similar surnames

Sitz, Sheetz, Sheets, Stacy, Stock, Stack, Stuckey, Staggs, Stacey, Siddiqui, Sides, Schatz.

## 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.