# Seely (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seely/  
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) | 5,571 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,420 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (5,455 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Seely.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seely 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seely in the United States.

## People named Seely

- Sybil Seely, American actress (1902–1984)
- Jeannie Seely, American singer-songwriter (1940–2025)
- Allysa Seely, American paratriathlete and Paralympic gold medalist

## Similar surnames

Seeley, Sell, Seal, Sealy, Sealey, Seel, Selley, Sewell, Shelly, Shealy, Skelly, Scheel.

## 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.