Explore the Family Name Secker

The meaning of Secker

1. English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English seker ‘maker of sacks, bags, or sackcloth’, a derivative of Middle English sek (Old Norse sekkr) ‘sack’. Compare the synonymous Saker, with which the name sometimes interchanged. 2. North German: habitational name for someone who lived in a damp place, a derivative of Seck 1. 3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Sack 1, with the agent suffix -er. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Nachum, Zehava.

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How common is the last name Secker in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Secker has seen a marginal decrease in popularity over the past decade. In 2000, it was the 62,236th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to 62,359th. Despite this slight drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Secker surname increased by 6.64% from 301 to 321 within that same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,236	#62,359	-0.2%
Count	301	321	6.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Secker

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the surname Secker, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows a predominantly White population. In 2000, about 94.68% of those with the Secker name identified as White, which slightly decreased to 93.77% in 2010. The ethnicity of Asian/Pacific Islander and Black were introduced into the Secker surname pool in 2010, representing 1.87% and 1.56% respectively. Individuals identifying with two or more races decreased from 2.33% to 1.87%. There were no reported instances of Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities within both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.68%	93.77%	-0.96%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.87%	0%
Two or More Races	2.33%	1.87%	-19.74%
Black	0%	1.56%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%