Last Name SEELEY

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Meaning	Nickname: The seely, the simple, the innocent, the harmless. Also 'the son of Cecil,' from the nickname Sill and pet Sillie. It is the chief parent of the surname.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland

Rank	3,097 (2000 US census)	3,661 (1990 US census)

Count	10,735 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.71%, or 10060 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.83%, or 196 total occurrences, as black,
0.57%, or 61 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.01%, or 108 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 167 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.33%, or 143 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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