Seeliger Surname

111,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Seeliger Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Seelig (prosperous place), in Germany; the happy, lucky or fortunate man.

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Seeliger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,2841:24,5143,255
United States4771:759,87259,214
Australia691:391,24231,907
Austria691:123,41217,157
Argentina561:763,27551,263
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Switzerland461:178,54216,145
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
England131:4,286,005132,302
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Seeliger 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.

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

User-submitted Reference

The Seeliger surname comes from German and Yiddish, meaning 'blessed man'.

- lime4realz

Seeliger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seeliger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seeliger? popularity and diffusion

It is the 111,544th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,750,972 people. The surname Seeliger is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Seeliger are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 3,284 people, or 1 in 24,514. In Germany Seeliger is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside, Saxony, where 11 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Seeliger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Seeliger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seeliger last name rose 2,511 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seeliger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Seeliger last name are 23.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.69% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Seeliger earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.76% less than the national average, earning R 226,320 per year; in United States they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $47,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.27% more than the national average, earning $50,314 CAD per year.

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