Seck
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from tsch. sek/sec 'Hau'; also ON Ossig, Oschatz
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Seck is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 16th most common surname.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 96(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 20K
- USUnited States1 in 244K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 96 (inferred from the name graph)
≈160,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from tsch. sek/sec 'Hau'; also ON Ossig, Oschatz
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Seck counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | #16 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 96 | 137 | Seck | 75 |
| FR France | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 308 | Seck | 222 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Seck | 41 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,433 | 1 in 21K | 2.4K | Seck | 43 |
| US United States | — | 1,364 | 1 in 244K | 1.7K | Seck | 164 |
| GN Guinea | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 14K | listed | — | 7 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 1 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); the gn-sylla-patronymes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Seck is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of sak
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmw-cfr, side
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rudolf Joachim Seckb. 1908DENazi war criminal
- Assane Seckb. 1919SNSenegalese politician
- Awa Marie Coll-Seckb. 1951SNSenegalese politician and medical doctor
- Idrissa Seckb. 1959SNSenegalese politician
- Anke von Seckb. 1966DEEast German canoeist
- Djeneba Seckb. 1970MLMalian singer
- Leyti Seckb. 1981SNSenegalese alpine skier
- Charlotte Seckb. 1986SNSenegalese model and writer
- Ibrahima Seckb. 1989SNSenegalese footballer
- Abdoulaye Seckb. 1992ILSenegalese footballer (born 1992)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 2.4K | #2,057 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 2.4K | #2,057 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,434 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,747 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 899 | #25,735 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 308 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 240 | — |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 137 | #11 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 103 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 38 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 9 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Seck mean, and where does it come from?
- from tsch. sek/sec 'Hau'; also ON Ossig, Oschatz Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Seck?
- A machine transcription gives /səɛk/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Seck have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 164 thousand people named Seck in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled seck.
- How common is the name Seck?
- In Spain, the national register counted 2,433 people named Seck, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.
- How common is Seck compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Seck is the 16th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Seck?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/seckThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Seck” — the 16th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.