Seals Surname
Approximately 20,584 people bear this surname
Seals 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 SurnameSeals Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,748 | 1:18,354 | 2,313 |
| England | 370 | 1:150,589 | 14,397 |
| South Africa | 211 | 1:256,766 | 25,923 |
| Chile | 61 | 1:288,795 | 8,426 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 273 | 1:89,287 | 9,299 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,256 | 1:22,260 | 2,794 |
Seals (70) may also be a first name.
Seals 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) 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.
From Seal, name of parishes cos. Kent, Leicester, Surrey, and Sussex; from Anglo-Saxon sel, a seat, hall, manor-house, mansion.
The Seals of the Derby district may hail originally from Seal, a Leicestershire parish close to the Derbyshire border.
Seals Demographics
Average Male Seals Height
177.33 cm
Average Female Seals Height
160.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Seals Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seals Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seals is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Seals click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seals? popularity and diffusion
It is the 26,132nd most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 354,039 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Seals are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 70 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 19,748 people, or 1 in 18,354. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, Tennessee, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Seals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seals has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 875 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seals Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Seals last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Seals are 10.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.1% being registered with the political party.
The amount Seals earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 38.55% less than the national average, earning R 146,028 per year; in United States they earn 12.49% less than the national average, earning $37,759 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.92% less than the national average, earning $32,829 CAD per year.
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Seals Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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