The Seck surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 899 people carried this name — #25,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 244 people named Seck.
Most of them — 184 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 234 people named Seck live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
153 people named Seck live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 80 people named Seck live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Seck in American newspapers,
1880–1942.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,855 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Seck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Assane Seck 1919–2012 · politician -
Mamadou Seck 1947– · politician -
Awa Marie Coll-Seck 1951– · physician -
Omar Seck 1957– · drummer -
Thione Seck 1958–2021 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Seck.
- Sebastian 10,878 · U.S. census
- Sebastiani 445 · U.S. census
- Sebastien 182 · U.S. census
- Sebert 546 · U.S. census
- Secco 205 · U.S. census
- Secher 109 · U.S. census
- Seckinger 784 · U.S. census
- Seckler 451 · U.S. census
- Second 107 · U.S. census
- Secondi 104 · U.S. census
- Secret 103 · U.S. census
- Secula 148 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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