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    The surname Seavey

    A surname, carried by 2,418 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S100

    Seavey: #12,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Seavey #12,760, 2,418 people Seavey: #12,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Seavey #12,760, 2,418 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seavey is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,418 people named Seavey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,686 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,301.

    #12,760
    rank among US surnames
    2,418
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,382)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,752DeGraw2,420127,581
    #12,757Frei2,419127,634
    #12,760Callanan2,418127,686
    #12,766Stalter2,417127,739

    Who is named Seavey

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

    95% of people named Seavey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Seavey

    Seavey has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Seavey?
    2,418 people in the United States had the surname Seavey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,686 Americans. It ranked 12,760th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seavey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seavey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Seavey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,418 in 2010, up 5.1%.