Find out how popular the last name Seehorn is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Seehorn.

Seehorn, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Seehorn surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Seehorn in America

Seehorn is the 142108th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Seehorn surname appeared 117 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Seehorn.

We can also compare 2010 data for Seehorn to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Seehorn

The surname Seehorn originates from Germany and can be traced back to the 16th century. It is derived from the German words "See" meaning lake and "Horn" meaning a horn or curved shape, suggesting that the name may have originated from a location near a lake with a curved or horn-shaped coastline.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Seehorn appears in the Kirchenbücher (church records) from the town of Gräfenberg in Bavaria, Germany, where a family with the surname Seehorn is mentioned in the late 1500s. This suggests that the name may have originated in this region or nearby areas.

In the late 17th century, the name Seehorn was also found in records from the town of Lübben, in the region of Lower Lusatia, which was then part of the Electorate of Saxony. This indicates that the name had spread to other parts of Germany during this time period.

Notable individuals with the surname Seehorn include Johann Seehorn (1594-1667), a German Lutheran theologian and author from Nuremberg, who wrote several religious works and served as a professor at the University of Altdorf.

Another prominent figure was Karl Friedrich Seehorn (1770-1845), a German architect and urban planner from Stuttgart. He was known for his work on the design and development of various cities in the Kingdom of Württemberg, including the city of Ludwigsburg.

In the 19th century, a family by the name of Seehorn resided in the village of Oberholzheim, near the city of Ulm in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. This is evidenced by the birth records of Johann Georg Seehorn (1824-1899), a farmer and landowner in the region.

The name Seehorn also appeared in historical records from Switzerland, where a family with this surname lived in the canton of Bern during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. One notable member was Hans Seehorn (1788-1862), a Swiss farmer and landowner from the village of Münsingen.

In the United States, one of the earliest documented individuals with the surname Seehorn was Johann Seehorn (1801-1878), a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania in the mid-19th century and worked as a farmer in the region of Lancaster County.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Seehorn

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Seehorn.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Seehorn was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Seehorn has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Seehorn was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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