How common is the surname Seaton?

9,423 people in the United States had the surname Seaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,765 Americans. It ranked 3,759th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Seaton?

George Seaton, American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-, followed by Fred A. Seaton.

Where is the surname Seaton most common?

Wikidata records people named Seaton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Seaton?

Seaton is /ˈsiːtən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Seaton getting more or less common?

More common. 8,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,423 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Seaton

An English place surname, carried by 9,423 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsiːtən/ 2 syllables Soundex S350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seaton is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Seaton 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 9,423 people named Seaton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,765 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,963.

#3,759

rank among US surnames

9,423

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,643)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,751	Salerno	9,440	32,706
#3,752	Mundy	9,439	32,710
#3,753	Timm	9,433	32,730
#3,754	Swisher	9,431	32,737
#3,755	Hardman	9,430	32,741
#3,757	Toler	9,427	32,751
#3,758	Cohn	9,426	32,755

Who is named Seaton

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

79% of people named Seaton identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seatons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Seaton
American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-
Fred A. Seaton
American politician (1909-1974)
Anna Seaton
American rower, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Seton

Surnames that sound like Seaton

Seaton has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seaton come from?: From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Seaton?: 9,423 people in the United States had the surname Seaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,765 Americans. It ranked 3,759th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seaton?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Seaton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Seaton?: George Seaton, American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-, followed by Fred A. Seaton.
Where is the surname Seaton most common?: Wikidata records people named Seaton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Seaton?: Seaton is /ˈsiːtən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Seaton?: Seaton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Seaton getting more or less common?: More common. 8,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,423 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Seaton?: Seton.