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    The surname Seamans

    A surname, carried by 2,120 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S552

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seamans is more common than 91.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,120 people named Seamans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,635 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,169.

    #14,168
    rank among US surnames
    2,120
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,961)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,160Philippe2,121145,566
    #14,168Lizardo2,120145,635
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703

    Who is named Seamans

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

    96% of people named Seamans identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seamans

    Seamans has the Soundex code S552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S552.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Seamans?
    2,120 people in the United States had the surname Seamans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,635 Americans. It ranked 14,168th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seamans?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Seamans identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Seamans getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,120 in 2010, down 2.3%.