# Sedgwick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sedgwick/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,651 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,807 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,464 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.2% (2,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Sicges (genitive singular of Old English personal name Sicg) + wīċ (“dairy farm”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sedgwick 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sedgwick in the United States.

## People named Sedgwick

- Kyra Sedgwick, American actress (born 1965)
- Edie Sedgwick, American socialite, actress and model (1943-1971)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009)
- John Sedgwick, American military officer (1813–1864)
- Edward Sedgwick, American film director, screenwriter (1889–1953)
- Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (1898–1991)
- Theodore Sedgwick, American politician (1746–1813)
- Josie Sedgwick, American actress (1898-1973)
- Catharine Sedgwick, American writer 1789-1867
- Mike Stern, American jazz guitarist

## Similar surnames

Stokes, Stackhouse, Stukes, Stachowiak, Szatkowski, Stasiak, Staszak.

## 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.