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    The surname Seelye

    A surname, carried by 1,436 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

    Seelye: #18,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Seelye #18,984, 1,436 people Seelye: #18,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Seelye #18,984, 1,436 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seelye is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,436 people named Seelye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.

    #18,984
    rank among US surnames
    1,436
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854
    #18,984Arbaugh1,436215,004

    Who is named Seelye

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

    90% of people named Seelye identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as two or more races and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seelye

    Seelye has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Seelye?
    1,436 people in the United States had the surname Seelye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seelye?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seelye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Seelye getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, up 3.7%.