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    The surname Seay

    A surname, carried by 14,046 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /siː/ 1 syllable Soundex S000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seay is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,046 people named Seay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,981 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,492.

    #2,573
    rank among US surnames
    14,046
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,564McClelland14,09221,909
    #2,565Kilpatrick14,08721,917
    #2,566Daigle14,08421,922
    #2,567Burdick14,08121,926
    #2,568Weathers14,07321,939
    #2,569Gavin14,06121,958
    #2,570Winslow14,05621,965

    Who is named Seay

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

    67% of people named Seay identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Seays

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Seay
      Actor (1914-1992)
    • Thomas Seay
      American politician (1846-1896)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Seay

    Seay has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Seay?
    14,046 people in the United States had the surname Seay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,981 Americans. It ranked 2,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seay?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Seay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Seay?
    James Seay, actor (1914-1992), followed by Thomas Seay.
    Where is the surname Seay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seay in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Seay?
    Seay is /siː/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Seay getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,046 in 2010, up 4.1%.