Seitz
English
Etymology
Multiple etymologies:
- German Seitz, from the personal name Seifried
- variant of German Seiss
- Germanized form of Slovene Zajec and dialectal Zajc, both meaning "hare"
Proper noun
Seitz (plural Seitzes)
- A surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seitz is the 2855th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12630 individuals. Seitz is most common among White (95.67%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seitz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.