Explore the Family Name Seres

The meaning of Seres

1. Hungarian: occupational name from seres ‘brewer’, a derivative of ser or sör ‘beer’. 2. Jewish (from Hungary): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname, or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Akos, Gabor, Laszlo, Tamas, Zoltan.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Seres saw a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Seres ranked 49,563 in popularity with a count of 398, or approximately 0.15 per 100k people. By 2010, the rank had gone down slightly to 49,723 while the count increased to 422, or about 0.14 per 100k people. This represents a minor decline of 0.32 in ranking and an overall increase of 6.03 in the total count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,563	#49,723	-0.32%
Count	398	422	6.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seres

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that most individuals with the surname Seres identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a small decrease of 1.37 percent over the decade. The data also indicates a growth in diversity among those with this surname. In 2000, none were identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, but by 2010, 1.18 percent did. Those identifying as of two or more ethnicities saw a rise of 34.66 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic rose by 25.50 percent. The proportions of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations remained stable at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.22%	91.94%	-1.37%
Hispanic	3.02%	3.79%	25.5%
Two or More Races	1.76%	2.37%	34.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.18%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%