How common is the surname Seddon?

1,548 people in the United States had the surname Seddon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,448 Americans. It ranked 18,028th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seddon?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seddon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seddon?

James Seddon, American lawyer and politician (1815-1880), followed by Margaret Seddon.

Where is the surname Seddon most common?

Wikidata records people named Seddon in the United States.

Is the surname Seddon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,548 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Seddon

A place surname, carried by 1,548 people in the United States.

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). Seddon is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

Seddon is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,548 people named Seddon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,448 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,480.

#18,028

rank among US surnames

1,548

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,540)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,028	Andrada	1,548	199,448
#18,036	Erhart	1,547	199,577

Who is named Seddon

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

95% of people named Seddon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seddons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seddon

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

Questions

Where does the surname Seddon come from?: Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.
How common is the surname Seddon?: 1,548 people in the United States had the surname Seddon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,448 Americans. It ranked 18,028th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seddon?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seddon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seddon?: James Seddon, American lawyer and politician (1815-1880), followed by Margaret Seddon.
Where is the surname Seddon most common?: Wikidata records people named Seddon in the United States.
What type of surname is Seddon?: Seddon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Seddon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,548 in 2010, up 4.6%.