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)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Wigner-Seitz cell

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seitz is the 2855^th 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.