How common is the surname Seim?

1,523 people in the United States had the surname Seim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seim?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Seim getting more or less common?

More common. 1,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Seim

A surname, carried by 1,523 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seim is more common than 88.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,523 people named Seim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,407.

#18,246

rank among US surnames

1,523

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,225)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,237	Shisler	1,525	202,456
#18,242	Makris	1,524	202,589
#18,246	Waltrip	1,523	202,722
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855

Who is named Seim

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

92% of people named Seim identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.5%

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 Seim

Seim has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

How common is the surname Seim?: 1,523 people in the United States had the surname Seim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seim?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Seim getting more or less common?: More common. 1,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 8.2%.