How common is the surname Seyler?

2,102 people in the United States had the surname Seyler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. It ranked 14,257th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seyler?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seyler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Seyler getting more or less common?

More common. 2,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,102 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Seyler

A surname, carried by 2,102 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seyler is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,102 people named Seyler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,065.

#14,257

rank among US surnames

2,102

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,503)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,248	Przybylski	2,104	146,742
#14,252	Buttram	2,103	146,812
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882
#14,264	Puls	2,101	146,952

Who is named Seyler

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

90% of people named Seyler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seyler

Seyler has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Questions

How common is the surname Seyler?: 2,102 people in the United States had the surname Seyler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. It ranked 14,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seyler?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seyler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Seyler getting more or less common?: More common. 2,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,102 in 2010, up 1.8%.