Seeley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 14
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 19
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 14
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 165
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 53
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 149
Somerset 9
Surrey 18
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 79
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Seeley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Seeley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 122
Agricultural Labourer 34
Laundress 11
Labourer 9
Domestic Servant 9
General Servant 9
Dress Maker 6
Carpenter 5
Gardener 5
Silk Weaver 5
Cook 4
House Keeper 3
Cotton Weaver 3
Bricklayer 3
Annuitant 3
None 3
Fisher Man's Wife 3
Photographer 3
Carpenter & Joiner 2
Clerk 2
Grocer 2
Laborer 2
Farm Servant 2
Fitter 2
House Maid 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Seeley

Name Census Frequency
William Seeley 314
Mary Seeley 295
John Seeley 240
George Seeley 206
Elizabeth Seeley 179
James Seeley 152
Sarah Seeley 146
Thomas Seeley 135
Joseph Seeley 115
Henry Seeley 114
Eliza Seeley 106
Jane Seeley 95
Alfred Seeley 94
Charles Seeley 90
Robert Seeley 90
Arthur Seeley 86
Emma Seeley 85
Walter Seeley 79
Ann Seeley 74
Ellen Seeley 70
Alice Seeley 69
Frederick Seeley 67
Samuel Seeley 65
Annie Seeley 63
Florence Seeley 62

Seeley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sealey 83% 8,185
2 Sly 50% 6,824
3 Seeley 100% 5,593
4 Selley 83% 5,423
5 Sealy 67% 4,075
6 Soley 67% 2,276
7 Seely 83% 1,875
8 Ousley 50% 1,036
9 Asley 50% 811
10 Isley 50% 765
11 Slay 50% 638
12 Osley 50% 604
13 Easley 50% 597
14 Seally 67% 420
15 Ausley 50% 415
16 Ouseley 57% 390
17 Saley 67% 379
18 Suley 67% 365
19 Siley 67% 280
20 Sooley 67% 251
21 Sailey 67% 242
22 Usley 50% 235
23 Esley 67% 222
24 Seley 83% 218
25 Sley 67% 172
26 Easly 33% 164
27 Souley 67% 151
28 Sealley 71% 149
29 Siely 67% 118
30 Saly 50% 110
31 Slye 33% 103

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The surname Seeley is the 3rd most popular variant of Sealey.

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