How common is the surname Seelig?

1,271 people in the United States had the surname Seelig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. It ranked 20,780th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seelig?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seelig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Seelig getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,271 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Seelig

A surname, carried by 1,271 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seelig is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,271 people named Seelig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,294.

#20,780

rank among US surnames

1,271

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,366)

Who is named Seelig

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

90% of people named Seelig identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seelig

Seelig has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Questions

How common is the surname Seelig?: 1,271 people in the United States had the surname Seelig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. It ranked 20,780th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seelig?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seelig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Seelig getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,271 in 2010, down 1.8%.