Seals Surname

26,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

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.

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Seals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,7481:18,3542,313
England3701:150,58914,397
South Africa2111:256,76625,923
Chile611:288,7958,426
Philippines361:2,812,173137,318
India341:22,560,747316,052
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
China41:341,830,39216,990
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2731:89,2879,299
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2561:22,2602,794

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Seal, name of parishes cos. Kent, Leicester, Surrey, and Sussex; from Anglo-Saxon sel, a seat, hall, manor-house, mansion.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The Seals of the Derby district may hail originally from Seal, a Leicestershire parish close to the Derbyshire border.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Seals Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Seals Come From? nationality or country of origin

Seals is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found 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 frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 354,039 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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. Seals is also the 1,162,016th most widely held given name globally, borne by 70 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 19,748 people, or 1 in 18,354. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, Tennessee, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Seals is found in 37 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Seals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Seals has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seals last name grew 875 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 136 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Seals Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Seals last name are 10.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.1% being registered to vote for 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seales914,197/
Sheals91217/
Sceals9190/
Sealls9176/
Seaals913/
Seeals911/
Sals89621/
Sheales83149/
Sceales83114/
Seasles831/
Seatles831/
Scheals830/
Sheasls830/
Sales80327,750/
Sauls8016,067/
Seles803,087/
Seils80994/
Salls80976/
Salse80739/
Sails80608/
Seels80430/
Salsh80191/
Saals80146/
Geals80130/
Saels80110/
Soels8094/
Suels8060/
Scals8056/
Shels8022/
Salsø8014/
Shals8012/
Sials805/
Salss804/
Ceals803/
Zeals803/
Syals803/
Sgals802/
Sayls802/
Szals802/
Salhs802/
Seuls802/
Sahls801/
Salst801/
Jeals800/
Seols800/
Satls800/
Schehals771/
Schealls770/
Salles7344,547/
Scales7322,787/
Shiels737,460/
Szeles733,457/
Sheils732,658/
Shales73794/
Shells73692/
Shalsh73427/
Sowels73369/
Selese73139/
Sayols73128/
Saless73114/
Selest7393/
Sauels7390/
Seiles7384/
Sueles7383/
Gesels7380/
Saulls7358/
Shoels7337/
Sceles7336/
Souels7326/
Cheals7322/
Sieles7318/
Shalls7317/
Sheles7315/
Shauls7315/
Salehs7314/
Syeles7313/
Sesles7312/
Seyils7310/
Seoles7310/
Zisels7310/
Salhes7310/
Sheels739/
Setles736/
Scails736/
Seeles735/
Soeles734/
Saales734/
Shalse734/
Shails733/
Siales733/
Ssales733/
Sseles733/
Saeles732/
Shelst732/
Suells732/
Schals732/
Sitels732/
Geales731/
Ceales731/
Saills731/
Sahals731/
Salesz731/
Shials731/
Shelsh731/
Seless731/
Selesz731/
Sesels731/
Sehles731/
Sayels731/
Salesd731/
Salest731/
Seules731/
Suiels731/
Saglis731/
Saulės731/
Szales731/
Szalst731/
Gealse731/
Saulsj731/
Sallss731/
Satels731/
Shuels731/
Zysels731/
Zeales731/
Saiels730/
Shayls730/
Seyles730/
Sasels730/
Shealz730/
Shaels730/
Sceils730/
Soehls730/
Setels730/
Seools730/
Shatls730/
Geasls730/
Cealse730/
Shelest6716,992/
Settles677,554/
Seleshe676,290/
Salz672,443/
Szelest671,596/
Shiells671,504/
Cals671,196/
Sowells67603/
Geysels67528/
Schales67440/
Settels67347/
Schauls67183/
Scheels67179/
Schoels67167/
Sciales67146/
Seilles67109/
Showels6796/
Sheiles6786/
Cheales6775/
Selesse6775/
Scheuls6769/
Scheles6766/
Sceeles6756/
Shalles6754/
Seitles6749/
Schiels6742/
Szeless6741/
Sheills6739/
Seilhes6738/
Sayales6729/
Shattls6722/
Jals6721/
Setless6720/
Shelles6720/
Shieles6715/
Zals678/
Scalles676/
Zissels675/
Salx675/
Seiglis674/
Gessels673/
Sattels673/
Sautils673/
Scaless673/
Shiehls672/
Shoeles672/
Schaels672/
Schalls672/
Chealse672/
Salesce672/
Sallles672/
Ssalles672/
Scalsch672/
Cejales672/
Jessels672/
Sautels671/
Sahalsh671/
Saelehs671/
Cesells671/
Schials671/
Shoells671/
Shetils671/
Sheiels671/
Seaholz671/
Seetles671/
Seholes671/
Shaulls671/
Shailsh671/
Seyeles671/
Szalsch671/
Sichels671/
Shalest671/
Seysels671/
Salsova671/
Salş671/
Szalest671/
Szelesz671/
Setlese671/
Sessils671/
Saehles671/
Shellss671/
Suelles671/
Sjieles670/
Soueles670/
Shaeles670/
Zealles670/
Soweles670/
Gesells670/
Sheoles670/
Seohles670/
Sausels670/
Sscales670/
Shaulst670/
Scheils670/
Schalse670/
Jassels670/
Shielss670/

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