The surname Seamster
A surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S523
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,391 people named Seamster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,296.
#19,425
rank among US surnames
1,391
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+7.3%
change since 2000 (was #19,343)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,416 | Jeanjacques | 1,392 | 221,800 |
| #19,425 | Akram | 1,391 | 221,959 |
Who is named Seamster
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named Seamster identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 34%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Seamster
Seamster has the Soundex code S523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S523.
Questions
- How common is the surname Seamster?
- 1,391 people in the United States had the surname Seamster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Seamster?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Seamster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Seamster getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 7.3%.