Seah Surname
Approximately 50,100 people bear this surname
Seah Surname User-submission:
A Teochew (a Chinese dialect) of the surname 谢. Ancestry purportedly comes from a magistrate in south China.
Seah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 41,133 | 1:134 | 19 |
| Malaysia | 4,003 | 1:7,368 | 900 |
| Iran | 1,209 | 1:63,509 | 6,767 |
| Liberia | 1,051 | 1:4,195 | 522 |
| Thailand | 929 | 1:76,037 | 10,061 |
| Hong Kong | 576 | 1:12,735 | 355 |
| Australia | 375 | 1:71,989 | 8,502 |
| United States | 297 | 1:1,220,400 | 86,581 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| Cambodia | 72 | 1:215,099 | 3,115 |
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| China | 51 | 1:26,810,227 | 1,454 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Séah (1) are calculated separately.
Seah (4,579) may also be a first name.
Seah Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A Teochew (a Chinese dialect) of the surname 谢. Ancestry purportedly comes from a magistrate in south China.
- exodiahSeah Demographics
Average Seah Salary in
United States
$57,400 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seah (Arabic: سيه) occurs in Singapore more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Séah. For other potential spellings of Seah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seah is the 11,202nd most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 145,460 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Seah reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Seah is also the 101,490th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 4,579 people.
The surname is most frequent in Singapore, where it is carried by 41,133 people, or 1 in 134. Excluding Singapore this last name exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.
Seah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seah last name expanded 4,243 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seah last name are 33.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 33.03% more than the national average, earning $57,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.36% more than the national average, earning $61,784 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seah in the Arabic language | ||
| سيه | syh | - |
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Footnotes
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