Seneschal Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Seneschal Surname Definition:
Seneschal: In Latin Dapifer, and so found in Domesday. The schalk that we have here and in Marshall, and in the old word for a porter, Gateschall, from which the surname Gattishill, is the Anglo-Saxon schalk, a servant. In German Schalk now means a rogue.
Read More About This SurnameSeneschal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 141 | 1:471,083 | 66,853 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Seneschal Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Seneschal: In Latin Dapifer, and so found in Domesday. The schalk that we have here and in Marshall, and in the old word for a porter, Gateschall, from which the surname Gattishill, is the Anglo-Saxon schalk, a servant. In German Schalk now means a rogue. In an old poem we have: “Then the schalkes sharply shift their horses, To show them seemly in their sheen weeds.”
From this word schalk comes the surname Chalk.
Seneschal Demographics
Average Seneschal Salary in
United States
$44,573 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seneschal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seneschal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seneschal is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seneschal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seneschal is the 1,194,481st most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Seneschal occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Seneschal are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 471,083. In France it is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 57 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account France it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Seneschal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seneschal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seneschal surname expanded 431 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seneschal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seneschal are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.
Seneschal earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning $44,573 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seneschall | 95 | 11 | / |
| Senechal | 94 | 8,526 | / |
| Senescal | 94 | 15 | / |
| Seneshal | 94 | 0 | / |
| Senescall | 89 | 320 | / |
| Seneshale | 89 | 14 | / |
| Senechale | 89 | 3 | / |
| Senechall | 89 | 0 | / |
| Seneshall | 89 | 0 | / |
| Senesal | 88 | 1 | / |
| Senechalle | 84 | 27 | / |
| Seniscal | 82 | 19 | / |
| Sinechal | 82 | 13 | / |
| Senéchal | 82 | 4 | / |
| Cenechal | 82 | 2 | / |
| Senecial | 82 | 1 | / |
| Senèchal | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sénechal | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sénescal | 82 | 1 | / |
| Senichal | 82 | 0 | / |
| Sinischal | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cenescail | 78 | 1 | / |
| Seniscall | 78 | 0 | / |
| Shengeschool | 76 | 1 | / |
| Senezal | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sainnechal | 74 | 9 | / |
| Senichault | 74 | 3 | / |
| Genechault | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shenishald | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sénéchal | 71 | 396 | / |
| Siniscal | 71 | 60 | / |
| Sinéchal | 71 | 21 | / |
| Senuysal | 71 | 14 | / |
| Sengeçal | 71 | 13 | / |
| Synesall | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sènèchal | 71 | 3 | / |
| Syneseal | 71 | 2 | / |
| Senujsal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shenuysal | 67 | 2 | / |
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