Family name Seelye (西利 
, Seelye 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare last name. The family name Seelye is habitual in the United States, where it is a rare surname, New Zealand, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, China, and Canada. Likewise, Seelye is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 西利 | China |
| Seelye | China, Costa Rica, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
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julius hawley seelye American politician (1824-1895), US (b. 1824) |
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laurenus clark seelye President of Smith College (1837-1924), US (b. 1837) |
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| george seelye (b. 1806) |
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| elwyn seelye (1848-1920), US (b. 1848) |
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| william james seelye American educator and clergyman, US (b. 1857) |
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dorothea seelye franck writer, US (b. 1917) |
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| harriet chapin seelye US (b. 1866) |
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| gilbert t. seelye American politician in New York (1877-1962), US (b. 1877) |
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| frederick thomas seelye New Zealand analytical chemist, lecturer (1879–1955 or 1962), NZ (b. 1879) |
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| laurens h. seelye American pastor and educator, US (b. 1889) |
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| katherine elizabeth seelye American music teacher at Tsinghua College, US (b. 1891) |
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| elwyn e. seelye (b. 1884) |
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| kate seelye American journalist, US (b. 1901) |
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| edgar cassilis seelye New Zealand artist (1915-1987), NZ (b. 1915) |
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| mary-averett seelye American performance artist, US (b. 1919) |
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