Seed Surname

23,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Seed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sudan6,7201:5,582819
Somaliland4,9211:71192
England2,4901:22,3773,126
Saudi Arabia1,6701:18,4772,561
Egypt1,4641:62,7985,897
United States1,3471:269,08625,296
Iran1,0921:70,3147,358
Pakistan7171:249,1555,634
Canada5871:62,7697,346
Somalia4411:30,5041,579
Australia3051:88,51010,201
New Zealand1941:23,3424,099
Scotland841:63,7365,100
India701:10,958,077204,613
Wales661:46,8874,434
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Isle of Man341:2,524513
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
China131:105,178,5825,529
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Libya91:693,7751,982
Cambodia81:1,935,8937,100
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Norway81:642,78647,258
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
France61:11,070,454349,096
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland821:54,0234,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1531:11,3221,733
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Wales41:392,10412,338
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2861:175,59015,728

Seed (4,575) may also be a first name.

Seed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seed occurs most in Sudan. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Seed? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 23,883rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 321,576 people. The last name Seed occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Seed reside; 36 percent reside in North Africa and 36 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 101,550th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 4,575 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is carried by 6,720 people, or 1 in 5,582. Other than Sudan Seed occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in Somaliland, where 22 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Seed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Seed has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Seed last name grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 471 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 646 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Seed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Seed surname is principally Anglican (67%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Seed surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Seed earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.2% less than the national average, earning 245,011 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 123.1% more than the national average, earning R 530,160 per year; in United States they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $47,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $56,200 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seyed8985,335/
Sheed893,491/
Seeds892,457/
Se'ed89294/
Seead8941/
Seied8937/
Seedh897/
Sseed892/
Seedt892/
Jseed891/
Sceed891/
Seeyd891/
Sgeed891/
Hseed891/
See8657,330/
Sed863,902/
Sayeed8076,866/
Saieed802,623/
Sajeed802,352/
Sa'eed801,477/
Scheed8097/
Seyedd8056/
Sheyed8055/
Seyied8024/
Seehad8022/
Sheeds8019/
Seeyad8017/
Sheead8017/
Soweed809/
Saweed808/
Seejad808/
Seeyod807/
Seyeed806/
Shheed804/
Sheedd803/
Sheedh802/
S'Eied801/
Sojeed801/
Sejeed801/
Sujeed801/
Ssheed801/
Saÿeed801/
Seeied801/
Seeead801/
Seiied801/
Sjeedh801/
Seeddz800/
Sceeds800/
Syed75529,455/
Seid75360,805/
Saed75111,689/
Shee7549,546/
Sied7525,756/
Seet7512,946/
Seïd7512,711/
Sead757,731/
Sete756,706/
Sued755,572/
Seer752,554/
Shed752,434/
Zeed751,859/
Sees751,312/
Seîd75674/
Seyd75630/
Seep75445/
Sedh75363/
Seez75150/
Soed75131/
Siee7599/
Seae7597/
Scee7577/
Sced7568/
Se'e7561/
Seud7557/
Jeed7540/
Ceed7539/
Sedt7537/
Sejd7518/
Seey7516/
Seea7514/
Hsee7514/
Sedd7512/
Szee7511/
Szed759/
Seds758/
Ssee756/
Seee754/
Sehd752/
Sxee752/
Seej752/
Xsee751/
Sedp751/
Sedz751/
Sesd751/
Sjed751/
Sxed751/
Xsed751/
Shaieed7349/
Shajeed7331/
Shayeed7320/
Saiheed7310/
Sajeedh739/
Saajeed738/
Ssayeed737/
Shehead732/
Shaweed731/
Scheedz731/
Scheied731/
Scheyed731/
Sayeedd731/
Sayeeds731/
Sjaveed731/
Shejeed731/
Sheedts731/
Sehehed731/
Saheedh731/
Scheeds730/
Scheedt730/
Sayed671,591,802/
Se67164,925/
Saied67102,805/
Sheet6731,298/
Shete6713,662/
Seyid6711,260/
Sheer6711,221/
Sette679,054/
Sajed675,235/
Shedd675,216/
Shead673,803/
Seete671,846/
Seyad671,758/
Seate671,418/
Seite671,172/
Siete671,134/
Sethe671,051/
Syyed67736/
Sehad67683/
Soued67601/
Shhee67562/
Seidt67514/
Siyed67498/
Schee67373/
Sheid67367/
Seets67333/
Sejad67320/
Seech67317/
Sheea67275/
Seute67272/
Seest67271/
Sheyd67231/
Saued67198/
Seeth67176/
Shees67155/
Suied67138/
Saedt67137/
Szedő67120/
Sedth6799/
Shedh6786/
Sched6782/
Syied6782/
Shied6768/
Seetz6764/
Soyed6760/
Siedt6755/
Shaed6752/
Saedd6750/
Shyed6749/
Sawed6749/
Seyte6746/
Seesz6742/
Shoed6734/
Seegy6733/
Sheep6732/
Sheey6732/
Zeyed6726/
Shhed6726/
Syedd6725/
Seess6724/
Seydt6724/
Seads6722/
Sowed6722/
Seyyd6720/
Hseet6720/
Suedt6718/
Cheed6716/
Soedt6715/
Seyedova6715/
Seidh6714/
S'Eid6714/
Syedh6714/
Seezs6714/
Sheeheed6711/
Seste6711/
Seiid6710/
Soied679/
Shued679/
Seyet679/
Sejet679/
Siead679/
Suyed678/
Ssyed678/
Sceer677/
Szejd677/
Seije677/
Sheez676/
Hseeh676/
Seiad676/
Szeer675/
Szeid675/
Sae'd675/
Seeht675/
Seerr674/
Scehe674/
Shedt674/
Seidd674/
Shehd674/
Suedd674/
Szued674/
Sa'ee674/
Seysd674/
Sshed674/
Siedd673/
Sehdd673/
Hsees673/
Seiyd673/
Sejte673/
Ssete673/
Zheed673/
Seusd673/
Seehy672/
Sieds672/
Sseid672/
S'Aed672/
Ceyed672/
Sejid672/
Seesh672/
Sgeet672/
Seïte672/
Scied672/
Sedgy672/
Hseer672/
Zeeds672/
Seerh672/
Sahajeed671/
Hsied671/
Zeied671/
Sceid671/
Sayeedsh671/
Shouheed671/
Sheud671/
Seadh671/
Seeie671/
Seeiy671/
Sehedova671/
Sehedowa671/
Sehhe671/
Seiet671/
Sheae671/
Sujed671/
Seepp671/
Seeph671/
Sdjed671/
Seehe671/
Jshed671/
Zeeyd671/
Sjete671/
Se'ie671/
Sehez671/
Sehge671/
Seeys671/
Sejæd671/
Szedz671/
Szhed671/
Shzee671/
Jeedz671/
Scete671/
Se'er671/
Seeee671/
Siied671/
Seyud671/
Sjeet671/
Sscee671/
Ssaed671/
Szees671/
Ssied671/
Xseej671/
Hsjee671/
Hzeed671/
Sheds670/
Seids670/
Seuet670/
Seejs670/
Seidz670/
Seadd670/
Sehdt670/
Scead670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Seed
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