How common is the surname Seeman?

2,410 people in the United States had the surname Seeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. It ranked 12,795th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seeman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Seeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seeman?

Roxanne Seeman, American songwriter and lyricist, followed by Nadrian C. Seeman.

Where is the surname Seeman most common?

Wikidata records people named Seeman in the United States.

Is the surname Seeman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,410 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Seeman

A surname, carried by 2,410 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seeman is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,410 people named Seeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,457.

#12,795

rank among US surnames

2,410

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,696)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,789	Sailor	2,412	128,004
#12,794	Scalzo	2,411	128,057
#12,795	Schueller	2,410	128,110
#12,802	Tanguay	2,409	128,163

Who is named Seeman

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

94% of people named Seeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seemans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roxanne Seeman
American songwriter and lyricist, born 1954
Nadrian C. Seeman
American crystallographer, 1945–2021

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seeman

Seeman has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

Questions

How common is the surname Seeman?: 2,410 people in the United States had the surname Seeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. It ranked 12,795th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seeman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Seeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seeman?: Roxanne Seeman, American songwriter and lyricist, followed by Nadrian C. Seeman.
Where is the surname Seeman most common?: Wikidata records people named Seeman in the United States.
Is the surname Seeman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,410 in 2010, down 1.9%.