Seeligman Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Seeligman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seeligman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador71:906,2703,798
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Seeligman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seeligman is most common in El Salvador. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seeligman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Seeligman is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Seeligman live; 39 percent live in Central America and 39 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in El Salvador, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 906,270. In El Salvador it is primarily concentrated in: San Vicente Department, where 71 percent reside and San Salvador Department, where 29 percent reside. Without taking into account El Salvador this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Israel, where 11 percent reside.

Seeligman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Seeligman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seeligman Last Name Statistics demography

Seeligman earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seligman943,449/
Seelisgmann901/
Seligmann891,696/
Seleigman890/
Seligmaun890/
Zeligman82426/
Saligman8248/
Selegman822/
Siligman821/
Celigman821/
Seligmam820/
Saligmann7827/
Séligmann782/
Zeligmane782/
Selegmann780/
Széligmann741/
Silegman710/

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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
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  • 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 Seeligman
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