How common is the surname Sealy?

3,564 people in the United States had the surname Sealy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sealy?

Malik Sealy, American basketball player (1970–2000), followed by Katy Sealy.

Where is the surname Sealy most common?

Wikidata records people named Sealy in the United States, Belize and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Sealy getting more or less common?

More common. 3,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Sealy

A surname, carried by 3,564 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). Sealy is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,564 people named Sealy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,439.

#9,155

rank among US surnames

3,564

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,780)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,147	Pletcher	3,567	86,556
#9,149	Adamski	3,566	86,580
#9,150	Stouffer	3,565	86,605
#9,155	Tolle	3,564	86,629
#9,161	Tincher	3,563	86,653
#9,164	Boos	3,562	86,678

Who is named Sealy

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

52% of people named Sealy identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sealys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Malik Sealy
American basketball player (1970–2000)
Katy Sealy
Belizean athletics competitor, born 1990
Joseph Robert Sealy
British botanist (1907-2000)
Stella Ross-Craig
British botanist, botanical collector and botanical illustrator (1906-2006)

Notable Sealys come mostly from the United States (1), Belize (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sealy

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sealy?: 3,564 people in the United States had the surname Sealy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sealy?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Sealy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sealy?: Malik Sealy, American basketball player (1970–2000), followed by Katy Sealy.
Where is the surname Sealy most common?: Wikidata records people named Sealy in the United States, Belize and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
Is the surname Sealy getting more or less common?: More common. 3,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 3.6%.