How common is the surname Seaman?

13,237 people in the United States had the surname Seaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,324 Americans. It ranked 2,719th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seaman?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seaman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seaman?

Ryan Seaman, American drummer, followed by Barbara Seaman.

Where is the surname Seaman most common?

Wikidata records people named Seaman in the United States.

Is the surname Seaman getting more or less common?

Less common. 13,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,237 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Seaman

An occupational surname, carried by 13,237 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seaman is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

From seaman.

Seaman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,237 people named Seaman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,324 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,260.

#2,719

rank among US surnames

13,237

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,492)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,710	Graf	13,301	23,212
#2,711	Noonan	13,286	23,238
#2,712	Spear	13,284	23,242
#2,713	Pressley	13,281	23,247
#2,714	Felder	13,257	23,289
#2,715	Jameson	13,255	23,293
#2,716	Wahl	13,253	23,296

Who is named Seaman

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

92% of people named Seaman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seamans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Seaman
American drummer, born 1983
Barbara Seaman
American journalist (1935–2008)
Nellie Bly
American journalist, 1864–1922

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seaman

Seaman has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

Questions

Where does the surname Seaman come from?: From seaman.
How common is the surname Seaman?: 13,237 people in the United States had the surname Seaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,324 Americans. It ranked 2,719th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seaman?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Seaman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seaman?: Ryan Seaman, American drummer, followed by Barbara Seaman.
Where is the surname Seaman most common?: Wikidata records people named Seaman in the United States.
What type of surname is Seaman?: Seaman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Seaman getting more or less common?: Less common. 13,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,237 in 2010, down 0.2%.