# Seville (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seville/  
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 | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 303,286 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (955 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /səˈvɪl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”). Doublet of Sevilla.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seville 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 13% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |

## Similar surnames

Sevilla, Saville, Seibel, Scoville, Seipel, Shipley, Sibley, Shively, Spell, Sabol, Sobel, Savala.

## 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.