Seneca is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Seneca
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Seneca

How popular is Seneca?

Seneca is common in United States.

Seneca is ranked 140306 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Seneca bearers increased by 4.289216 per cent in 2010 US census to 851 since 2000, the surname slipped by 387 spots and ranked at 28131. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.5 78.43
American Indian and Alaska Native 13.87 13.85
Others 2.82 2.94
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.53 1.96
Black 1.29 0.86
Seneca is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Monaco. Around 2742 people have been found who wears Seneca as their family name. Seneca is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
91,784 Netherlands2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,143 French Polynesia2
118,441 Germany2
169,904 Brazil1
34,581 Chile1
62,864 New Zealand1
18,969 Wales1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,678 Singapore1
20,172 Hungary1
2,309 Monaco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
31,215 Australia72
48,377 Canada64
Countries with hundreds of Seneca:
25,252 Philippines516
30,657 Italy302
33,969 France294
5,054 Denmark118
44,861 Argentina105
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Seneca:
29,040 United States1,031
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer A. Seneca from Italy aboard the Alexandria from Naples & Palermo. He is registered to be 42 years old when he arrived in New York on May 16, 1888. Antio. Seneca (22) Peasant, Laborer Caterina Seneca, Caterina Seneca, aged 30, Laborer Domenico Seneca, 2 years old Emilia Seneca, Ferdinando Seneca, aged 31, Giov.Anto. Seneca (51) Laborer, 26 years old Giovanni Seneca, and 13 other Seneca around 66.67% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant migrated to US from Marseilles & Naples, Genoa and Antwerp.

Comments

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Brandee Rhymer
Seneca is a nickname that is a derivative of Seneca Seneca is a masculine first name of the origin of the name is Latin his feast is celebrated on September 19 its etymology comes from senex: old.

Seneca Namesakes

  • Louis-Adélard Senécal, Political figure
  • Louis-Adélard Senécal, Political figure
  • Manuella Senecaut, Politician
  • Pière Senécal, Musical Artist
  • Joe Seneca, Film actor
  • Isaac Seneca, Football player
  • Betty Seneca, Joe Seneca's wife
  • Joseph Sénéca, Politician
  • Toni Senecal, Television host
  • Clovis-Omer Senécal, Author

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