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    The surname Seagrave

    An English place surname, carried by 630 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S261

    Seagrave: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seagrave #35,671, 630 people Seagrave: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Seagrave #35,671, 630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seagrave is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English ġeset (“fold, pen”) or sēaþ (“pit, hole; well”) + grāf (“grove”) or græf (“trench, ditch”).

    Seagrave 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 630 people named Seagrave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 585.

    #35,671
    rank among US surnames
    630
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,189)

    Who is named Seagrave

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

    92% of people named Seagrave identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Seagraves

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jocelyn Seagrave
      American actress, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sygrove

    Surnames that sound like Seagrave

    Seagrave has the Soundex code S261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S261.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seagrave come from?
    From Old English ġeset (“fold, pen”) or sēaþ (“pit, hole; well”) + grāf (“grove”) or græf (“trench, ditch”).
    How common is the surname Seagrave?
    630 people in the United States had the surname Seagrave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. It ranked 35,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seagrave?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seagrave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Seagrave?
    Jocelyn Seagrave, American actress.
    Where is the surname Seagrave most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seagrave in the United States.
    What type of surname is Seagrave?
    Seagrave is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Seagrave getting more or less common?
    More common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 630 in 2010, up 7.7%.
    What are other spellings of Seagrave?
    Sygrove.