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    The surname Seville

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,018 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /səˈvɪl/ 2 syllables Soundex S140

    Seville: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Seville #24,554, 1,018 people Seville: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Seville #24,554, 1,018 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seville is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    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.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,018 people named Seville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 955.

    #24,554
    rank among US surnames
    1,018
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,529)

    Who is named Seville

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

    67% of people named Seville identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seville

    Seville has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Seville come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Seville?
    1,018 people in the United States had the surname Seville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. It ranked 24,554th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seville?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Seville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Seville?
    Seville is /səˈvɪl/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Seville getting more or less common?
    More common. 955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,018 in 2010, up 6.6%.