Seale Surname
Approximately 14,034 people bear this surname
Seale Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sele,' i.e. Sale, which see. A variant. Just as Sale is found as Sales, so Seal has become Seals, (a) Local, 'of Seal,' parishes in Leicestershire, Surrey, and Kent.
John atte Sele, Close Rolls, 20 Edward III.
Read More About This SurnameSeale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,198 | 1:44,213 | 5,417 |
| South Africa | 2,661 | 1:20,360 | 2,580 |
| England | 1,151 | 1:48,408 | 6,040 |
| Canada | 615 | 1:59,912 | 7,061 |
| Barbados | 458 | 1:628 | 169 |
| Australia | 360 | 1:74,988 | 8,793 |
| Ireland | 175 | 1:26,908 | 2,480 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 79 | 1:17,266 | 2,111 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Luxembourg | 40 | 1:14,514 | 3,173 |
| Wales | 39 | 1:79,347 | 6,699 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| Jamaica | 29 | 1:98,964 | 4,125 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 121 | 1:36,610 | 3,442 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 501 | 1:48,653 | 5,974 |
| Jersey | 28 | 1:1,853 | 308 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 778 | 1:64,548 | 7,038 |
Seale (472) may also be a first name.
Seale Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sele,' i.e. Sale, which see. A variant. Just as Sale is found as Sales, so Seal has become Seals, (a) Local, 'of Seal,' parishes in Leicestershire, Surrey, and Kent.
John atte Sele, Close Rolls, 20 Edward III.
1574. Richard Seale, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1689. Buried — Jane Seale: St. Mary Aldermary.
1789. Married — William Seels and Ann Teeboe: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging or Seal; or Dweller at or by a Hall [Old English sele, sæl, a hall] felá þǽra waes... þe þæt win-reced, gest-sele gyredon.
many of those were... who the wine-house, (the) guest-hall prepared.
Beówulf, 1989-92.
Cp. Sale and Zeal.
(English) Dweller in, or near, a hall; one who came from Seal (hall, or small wood), the name of places in Kent and Derbyshire, or from Seale (hall), in Surrey.
A parish in Kent, another in Surrey, a third in Sussex (Beeding), and a fourth in co. Leicester. Many other places were anciently so designated, from Anglo-Saxon sel, a seat, hall, manorhouse, mansion.
From Seal, name of parishes cos. Kent, Leicester, Surrey, and Sussex; from Anglo-Saxon sel, a seat, hall, manor-house, mansion.
Seale: (Old Norse sel; A.S. seale), a residence or hall: Seal in Worcestershire, Zeal in Devon, Seale in Surrey, Selworthy; surnames Selborne, Selby, Seale, perhaps Seeley; Ingersoll, Plimsoll. Inger is the Norse Ingvar, a settler who called the seal or sel after himself.
The Seals of the Derby district may hail originally from Seal, a Leicestershire parish close to the Derbyshire border.
Seale Demographics
Average Seale Salary in
United States
$45,861 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seale is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 37,516th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 519,278 people. The surname Seale occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Seale are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Seale is also the 391,811th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 472 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 8,198 people, or 1 in 44,213. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 28 percent reside, Alabama, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States Seale exists in 49 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.
Seale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Seale has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,054 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 145 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (41%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Seale surname are 13.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.59% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Seale earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.76% less than the national average, earning R 219,192 per year; in United States they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $45,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.05% less than the national average, earning $48,169 CAD per year.
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