# Seddon (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,548 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,028 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 199,448 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (1,480 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seddon 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seddon in the United States.

## People named Seddon

- James Seddon, American lawyer and politician (1815-1880)
- Margaret Seddon, American film actress (1872-1968)

## Similar surnames

Seaton, Sedano, Seiden, Stone, Sutton, Stein, Steen, Stine, Stamm, Stamey, Sitton, Sweeten.

## 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.