How common is the surname Saelee?

2,129 people in the United States had the surname Saelee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. It ranked 14,113th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Saelee getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,129 in 2010, down 5.4%.

The surname Saelee

A surname, carried by 2,129 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saelee is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

From Iu Mien [Term?].

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,129 people named Saelee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,250.

#14,113

rank among US surnames

2,129

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-5.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,624)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,105	Heeter	2,131	144,883
#14,111	Shankar	2,130	144,951
#14,113	Militello	2,129	145,019
#14,119	Tritt	2,128	145,087

Who is named Saelee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Saelee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
White (not Hispanic) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saelee

Saelee has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Saelee come from?: From Iu Mien [Term?].
How common is the surname Saelee?: 2,129 people in the United States had the surname Saelee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. It ranked 14,113th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saelee?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Saelee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Saelee getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,129 in 2010, down 5.4%.