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    The surname Seaford

    An English place surname, carried by 397 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S163

    Seaford: #52,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seaford #52,267, 397 people Seaford: #52,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Seaford #52,267, 397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seaford is more common than 67.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Seaford 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 397 people named Seaford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 777,697 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 386.

    #52,267
    rank among US surnames
    397
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #50,801)

    Who is named Seaford

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

    90% of people named Seaford identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Seaford

    Seaford has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seaford come from?
    Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.
    How common is the surname Seaford?
    397 people in the United States had the surname Seaford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 777,697 Americans. It ranked 52,267th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seaford?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Seaford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Seaford?
    Seaford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Seaford getting more or less common?
    More common. 386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 397 in 2010, up 2.8%.
    What are other spellings of Seaford?
    Safford.