Seek

See also: seek

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Seek (plural Seeks)

1. Obsolete form of Sikh.

Etymology 2

• 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

Seek (plural Seeks)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seek is the 33645^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 677 individuals. Seek is most common among White (88.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• eeks, ekes, kees, seke, skee