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    The surname Seitz

    A surname, carried by 12,630 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S320

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seitz is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,630 people named Seitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,445 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,375.

    #2,855
    rank among US surnames
    12,630
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,683)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,846Wisniewski12,67524,359
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380
    #2,848Guardado12,65624,395
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434

    Who is named Seitz

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

    96% of people named Seitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Seitzs

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Frederick Seitz
      American physicist (1911–2008)
    • George B. Seitz
      American film director, producer and screenwriter (1888-1944)
    • Chris Seitz
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • John F. Seitz
      American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979)
    • Beat Seitz
      Bobsledder, born 1973
    • Patrick Seitz
      American voice actor, born 1978
    • Kari Seitz
      American soccer referee, born 1970
    • Matt Zoller Seitz
      American writer and critic, born 1968
    • Michael Hayes
      American professional wrestler and musician, born 1959

    Notable Seitzs come mostly from the United States (7), Switzerland (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seitz

    Seitz has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seitz come from?
    Multiple etymologies: * German Seitz, from the personal name Seifried * variant of German Seiss * Germanized form of Slovene Zajec and dialectal Zajc, both meaning "hare"
    How common is the surname Seitz?
    12,630 people in the United States had the surname Seitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,445 Americans. It ranked 2,855th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seitz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Seitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Seitz?
    Frederick Seitz, American physicist (1911–2008), followed by George B. Seitz.
    Where is the surname Seitz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seitz in the United States, Switzerland and Australia.
    Is the surname Seitz getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,630 in 2010, up 2.1%.