How common is the surname Seabrook?

2,859 people in the United States had the surname Seabrook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,991 Americans. It ranked 11,101st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Seabrook?

William Seabrook, American journalist (1884–1945).

Where is the surname Seabrook most common?

Wikidata records people named Seabrook in the United States.

Is the surname Seabrook getting more or less common?

More common. 2,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,859 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Seabrook

An English place surname, carried by 2,859 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seabrook is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either an Old English personal name *Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

Seabrook is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,859 people named Seabrook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,991 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,692.

#11,101

rank among US surnames

2,859

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,867)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,092	Mounce	2,862	107,878
#11,095	Loewen	2,861	107,915
#11,099	Lasater	2,860	107,953
#11,101	Granda	2,859	107,991
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066
#11,109	Plyler	2,856	108,104

Who is named Seabrook

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

56% of people named Seabrook identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Seabrooks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Seabrook
American journalist (1884–1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seabrook

Seabrook has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seabrook come from?: From either an Old English personal name *Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).
How common is the surname Seabrook?: 2,859 people in the United States had the surname Seabrook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,991 Americans. It ranked 11,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seabrook?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Seabrook identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Seabrook?: William Seabrook, American journalist (1884–1945).
Where is the surname Seabrook most common?: Wikidata records people named Seabrook in the United States.
What type of surname is Seabrook?: Seabrook is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Seabrook getting more or less common?: More common. 2,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,859 in 2010, up 6.2%.