Seyler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zu Seiler 'Seilmacher'; zeigt die Vokalvarianz ai/ay/ei/ey
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈseɪɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Seyler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 84K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 158K
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 8.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 254 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)
2,102 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Berufsname zu Seiler 'Seilmacher'; zeigt die Vokalvarianz ai/ay/ei/ey. Bearer count: 438.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Seyler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 2,102 | 1 in 158K | 2.1K | Seyler | 254 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 84K | listed | Seyler | 79 |
| FR France | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 179K | 41 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 202K | 27 | Seyler | 29 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 322K | — | Seyler | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Seyler | 44 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Seyler | 1 |
| LU Luxembourg | #524 | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Seyler | 12 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Seyler | 1 |
2,102 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-1 register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Seyler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu Seiler; Variante mit ey. 438 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Abel Seylerb. 1730CHtheatre director
- Friederike Sophie Seylerb. 1738DEGerman actress
- Ludwig Erdwin Seylerb. 1758DEHamburg banker (1758-1836)
- Julius Seylerb. 1873DEGerman speed skater and painter (1873-1955)
- Athene Seylerb. 1889GBEnglish actress (1889–1990)
- Pierre Seylerb. 1898FRFrench association football player
- Harry E. Seylerb. 1908USAmerican politician
- Achim Seylerb. 1968DEGerman percussionist
- Tomas Seylerb. 1974DEGerman darts player (1974–2024)
- Jan-Gerrit Seylerb. 1979DEGerman filmmaker (born 1979)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)20 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,257 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,503 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,652 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 54 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 50 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 48 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 43 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 41 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 32 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Seyler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈseɪɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Seyler mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu Seiler 'Seilmacher'; zeigt die Vokalvarianz ai/ay/ei/ey.
- In which country does Seyler have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Seyler, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled seyler.
- How common is the name Seyler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,102 people named Seyler in 2010, about 1 in 158 thousand residents.
- How common is Seyler compared with other names?
- In Luxembourg, Seyler is the 524th most common surname of 1,851 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/seylerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Seyler” — the 524th most common surname in Luxembourg. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.