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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Sęk) : topographic name or nickname from Polish sęk ‘knag’, or a Ukrainian cognate of this.
  • German : variant of Schenk or Seng.
  • Slovenian (north central Slovenia; Šenk) : Slovenian spelling of German Schenk.

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