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    The surname Senecal

    A surname, carried by 2,575 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S524

    Senecal: #12,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Senecal #12,101, 2,575 people Senecal: #12,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Senecal #12,101, 2,575 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Senecal is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,575 people named Senecal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,496.

    #12,101
    rank among US surnames
    2,575
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,553)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808
    #12,099Keltner2,576119,855
    #12,101Daniell2,575119,901
    #12,108Maddock2,574119,948

    Who is named Senecal

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

    93% of people named Senecal identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Senecal

    Senecal has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Senecal?
    2,575 people in the United States had the surname Senecal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. It ranked 12,101st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Senecal?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Senecal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Senecal getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,575 in 2010, up 3.2%.