# Seale (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seale/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,846 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,905 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,813 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (5,567 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seale in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seale in Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Seale

- John Seale, Australian cinematographer
- Douglas Seale, British actor (1913–1999)

## Similar surnames

Sell, Saleh, Seal, Sallee, Salley, Sale, Sealy, Sealey, Saelee, Selle, Seel, Selley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.