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    The surname Sene

    A nickname surname, carried by 555 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Sene: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sene #39,607, 555 people Sene: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sene #39,607, 555 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sene is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Serer Sène; this surname is predominantly found in the Thiès Region of Senegal. * Possibly a respelling of French Sené, a nickname from Old French sené (“sage, wise”).

    Sene is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 555 people named Sene in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 386.

    #39,607
    rank among US surnames
    555
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.8%
    change since 2000 (was #50,801)

    Who is named Sene

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

    55% of people named Sene identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
    • Two or more races 4.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sene

    Sene has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sene come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Serer Sène; this surname is predominantly found in the Thiès Region of Senegal. * Possibly a respelling of French Sené, a nickname from Old French sené (“sage, wise”).
    How common is the surname Sene?
    555 people in the United States had the surname Sene in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. It ranked 39,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sene?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Sene identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Sene?
    Sene is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Sene getting more or less common?
    More common. 386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 555 in 2010, up 44%.