# Seaford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seaford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 397 |
| US rank (2010) | 52,267 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 777,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (386 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Safford |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seaford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Safford, Sifford, Shepard, Swafford, Shuford, Shepherd, Sheppard, Schubert, Seibert, Seifert, Spradlin, Siebert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.