Explore the Family Name Seese

The meaning of Seese

German: 1. from an ancient Germanic personal name, Sigizo, a compound name formed with sigi ‘victory’ as the first element. 2. habitational name from a place called Seesen (Lower Saxony) or Seese (Brandenburg).

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Seese slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Seese was the 12,925th most popular surname, dropping to the 13,798th position in 2010, a decrease of 6.75%. However, the overall count of individuals with this surname marginally increased from 2,180 in 2000 to 2,191 in 2010, an increase of 0.5%. The proportion of people with the surname Seese per 100,000 population also fell by 8.64% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,925	#13,798	-6.75%
Count	2,180	2,191	0.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.81	0.74	-8.64%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seese

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that those identifying as White made up the largest portion of individuals with the surname Seese in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease of 1.76% over the decade. The number of individuals identifying as Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Two or more races saw notable increases, with Hispanic showing the greatest rise at 81.93%. The number of people of Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races identities increased by 78.05% and 52.56% respectively. The categories Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native were not represented in the 2000 census data for this surname but appeared in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.57%	95.85%	-1.76%
Hispanic	0.83%	1.51%	81.93%
Two or More Races	0.78%	1.19%	52.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.41%	0.73%	78.05%
Black	0%	0.41%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.32%	0%