The Seelig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,271 people carried this name — #20,780 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,294 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Seelig.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
54 people named Seelig live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Seelig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrik Gerard Seelig 1785–1864 · military personnel -
Hendrik Gerard Seelig 1785–1864 · military personnel
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Wilhelm Seelig 1821–1906 · politician -
Rosa Seelig d. 1915
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Oscar Seelig d. 1918 · singer
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Johann Jacob Seelig 1680–1730 · pastor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Seelig.
- Secula 147 · U.S. census
- Sedano 3,048 · U.S. census
- Sedlak 2,128 · U.S. census
- See 9,081 · U.S. census
- Seeger 4,129 · U.S. census
- Seel 1,002 · U.S. census
- Seemann 1,044 · U.S. census
- Seewald 718 · U.S. census
- Seferian 211 · U.S. census
- Sega 298 · U.S. census
- Segal 7,972 · U.S. census
- Segala 112 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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