Sénéchal Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Sénéchal surname. The 2010 US Census counted 575 people named Sénéchal, ranking it number 38,484 among American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 8,739 births in France were registered under Sénéchal.

Researching the origin

Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. The meaning of Sénéchal is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.

Heraldry and the Sénéchal name

There is no single Sénéchal family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Sénéchal line, if any, bore arms.

Get the complete Sénéchal report, with a museum-style coat of arms.