How common is the surname Seaver?

3,384 people in the United States had the surname Seaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. It ranked 9,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seaver?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seaver?

Tom Seaver, American baseball player (1944–2020), followed by Mary Ann Duff.

Where is the surname Seaver most common?

Wikidata records people named Seaver in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Seaver getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,384 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Seaver

An English surname, carried by 3,384 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seaver is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the medieval personal name Sefare, a continuation of an unattested Old English female name composed of the elements sǣ (“sea”) + faru (“journey”).

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 3,384 people named Seaver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,403.

#9,603

rank among US surnames

3,384

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,853)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,594	Hoelscher	3,387	91,156
#9,596	Keever	3,386	91,183
#9,598	Lundeen	3,385	91,210
#9,603	Seaver	3,384	91,237
#9,607	Wingert	3,383	91,264
#9,609	Sabatino	3,382	91,291
#9,611	Cuenca	3,381	91,318

Who is named Seaver

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

95% of people named Seaver identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seavers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Seaver
American baseball player (1944–2020)
Mary Ann Duff
British actress, 1794–1857

Notable Seavers come mostly from the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Seavers

Surnames that sound like Seaver

Seaver has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seaver come from?: From the medieval personal name Sefare, a continuation of an unattested Old English female name composed of the elements sǣ (“sea”) + faru (“journey”).
How common is the surname Seaver?: 3,384 people in the United States had the surname Seaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. It ranked 9,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seaver?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seaver?: Tom Seaver, American baseball player (1944–2020), followed by Mary Ann Duff.
Where is the surname Seaver most common?: Wikidata records people named Seaver in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Is the surname Seaver getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,384 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Seaver?: Seavers.