# Seaton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seaton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,423 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,759 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (8,963 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsiːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Seton |

## Etymology

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seaton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seaton in the United States.

## People named Seaton

- George Seaton, American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-
- Fred A. Seaton, American politician (1909-1974)
- Anna Seaton, American rower

## Similar surnames

Stone, Sedano, Seddon, Sutton, Stein, Steen, Stine, Stamm, Stamey, Sitton, Sweeten, Sidney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.