Seely Surname
Approximately 10,740 people bear this surname
Seely Surname Definition:
Nick 'the seely,' the simple, the innocent, the harmless; compare Simple. 'Seely = simple, silly' (Halliwell). 'This sely carpenter beginneth quake.'
Chancer, C. T. 3601.
William Sely, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Egidius Sely, Norfolk ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSeely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,673 | 1:47,238 | 5,733 |
| Yemen | 1,723 | 1:15,337 | 1,735 |
| Canada | 765 | 1:48,164 | 5,843 |
| England | 320 | 1:174,119 | 15,890 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 278 | 1:87,681 | 9,186 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,816 | 1:17,833 | 2,272 |
Seely (126) may also be a first name.
Seely Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'the seely,' the simple, the innocent, the harmless; compare Simple. 'Seely = simple, silly' (Halliwell). 'This sely carpenter beginneth quake.'
Chancer, C. T. 3601.
William Sely, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Egidius Sely, Norfolk ibid.
John Sely, Gloucestershire, ibid.
Thomas Sely, London, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
(a) Bapt 'the son of Cecil,' from the nick. Sill and pet Sillie; compare Willie, Charlie, &c. (v. Silcock). There can scarcely be the shadow of a doubt as to this being a chief parent of the surname.
Sely atte Bergh, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Sely Percy, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Sely Scury, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
William Sely, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
1618-0. John Symonds and Anne Seley: Marriage Lic. (London).
1621-2. William Stanmore and Margaret Seely: ibid.
1760. Baptised — William Jeffrey, son of Jeffrey Sealy: St. Peter, Cornhill.
(English) Happy, Blessed; Simple (mod. Silly) [Middle English seli, se(e)ly; Old English sǽlig, happy: the corresponding German name is Selig (O.H.Ger. sálig), happy, etc.] John Sely.—Hundred Rolls þor [there] was in helle a sundri stede wor [where] þe seli folc reste dede.—13th-cent. metrical vers. of Gen & Ex., 1986-7.
For sely is that deth, soth for to seyne, That, ofte y- cleped, com’th and endeth peyne !—Chaucer, Troil. & Cris., iv. 503-4.
That Nicholas shal shapen hym a wyle This sely, jalous housbonde to bigyle.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3403-4.
This man lokede opon me, And leet the plough stonden; And seyde, ‘Sely man, Whi syghest thou so harde’?—Piers Plowman’s Creed, 881-4.
The seely man, seeing him ryde so rancke, And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare.—Spenser, Faerie Queene, II.iii. 6
(English) The happy or prosperous person; the good, simple man.
Seely Demographics
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Seely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seely is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Seely.
How Common Is The Last Name Seely? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 48,080th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 678,542 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Seely live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. Seely is also the 829,183rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 126 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 7,673 people, or 1 in 47,238. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Utah, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States it exists in 34 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.
Seely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seely has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seely surname grew 272 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 115 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 156 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seely Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Seely surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Maronite (78%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Seely are 16.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.44% being registered with the party.
The amount Seely earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.08% more than the national average, earning R 340,008 per year; in United States they earn 0.76% more than the national average, earning $43,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.28% more than the national average, earning $51,312 CAD per year.
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