# Seay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seay/  
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) | 14,046 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,573 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,981 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (13,492 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /siː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seay 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seay in the United States.

## People named Seay

- James Seay, actor (1914-1992)
- Thomas Seay, American politician (1846-1896)

## Similar surnames

Say, Sá, Shea, Shay, Saye, Shaw, Shah, Su, Shi, See, So, Suh.

## 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.