Seek
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See also: seek
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
Seek (plural Seeks)
Etymology 2[edit]
- As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”).
- As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see Xue.
Proper noun[edit]
Seek (plural Seeks)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seek is the 33645th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 677 individuals. Seek is most common among White (88.92%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.