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    The surname Seeley

    A surname, carried by 11,061 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

    Seeley: #3,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seeley #3,264, 11,061 people Seeley: #3,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Seeley #3,264, 11,061 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seeley is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    From Middle English seely (“happy”). As a German surname, from Seele (“soul”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,061 people named Seeley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,913 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,735.

    #3,264
    rank among US surnames
    11,061
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,097)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,255Sauceda11,09327,832
    #3,256Zielinski11,08727,848
    #3,257Jeffrey11,08527,853
    #3,258Ragan11,08127,863
    #3,259Bostic11,07927,868
    #3,260Krebs11,06727,898
    #3,261Urena11,06627,900

    Who is named Seeley

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

    92% of people named Seeley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Seeleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • D. J. Seeley
      American basketball player (born 1989)
    • Elias Petty Seeley
      American politician (1791-1846)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seeley

    Seeley 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 Seeley come from?
    From Middle English seely (“happy”). As a German surname, from Seele (“soul”).
    How common is the surname Seeley?
    11,061 people in the United States had the surname Seeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,913 Americans. It ranked 3,264th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seeley?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seeley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Seeley?
    D. J. Seeley, American basketball player (born 1989), followed by Elias Petty Seeley.
    Where is the surname Seeley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seeley in the United States.
    Is the surname Seeley getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,061 in 2010, up 3.0%.