Siek
See also: siek
English
Etymology
- As a Polish surname, from a derivative of siekać (“to chop up, hack”).
- As a North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German sīk (“swampy valley”), from Old Saxon *sīk, from Proto-West Germanic *sīk (“watercourse”).[1][2]
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Siek is the 41886th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 519 individuals. Siek is most common among White (84.97%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.79%) individuals.
References
- Siek Family History
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “893-94”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 893-94
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Siek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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