Seelig Surname
Approximately 6,453 people bear this surname
Seelig Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Seelig (prosperous place), in Germany; the happy, lucky or fortunate man.
Seelig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,613 | 1:22,282 | 2,950 |
| United States | 2,003 | 1:180,958 | 18,079 |
| Brazil | 381 | 1:561,875 | 21,013 |
| England | 100 | 1:557,181 | 34,216 |
| Switzerland | 55 | 1:149,326 | 14,246 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Ecuador | 24 | 1:662,744 | 12,125 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 260 | 1:193,149 | 16,929 |
Seelig (22) may also be a first name.
Seelig Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Seelig (prosperous place), in Germany; the happy, lucky or fortunate man.
Seelig Demographics
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Seelig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seelig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seelig is found most in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seelig? popularity and diffusion
It is the 76,020th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,129,327 people. Seelig is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Seelig reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Seelig is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.
Seelig is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 3,613 people, or 1 in 22,282. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Seelig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seelig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seelig last name grew 770 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seelig Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seelig surname are 38.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.44% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Seelig earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 182.18% more than the national average, earning R 670,572 per year; in United States they earn 16.51% more than the national average, earning $50,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.65% more than the national average, earning $51,495 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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