How common is the surname Seward?

10,399 people in the United States had the surname Seward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. It ranked 3,430th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Seward?

Seward is /ˈs(j)u.əɹd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Seward getting more or less common?

More common. 9,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,399 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Seward

A surname, carried by 10,399 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈs(j)u.əɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex S630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seward is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Originally two distinct names: * Middle English Seward, Siward, from Old English Siġeweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigiwardu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz, from *segaz (“victory”) + *warduz (“guard”). * Middle English Seward, from Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ (“sea”) + weard (“guard”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,399 people named Seward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,987.

#3,430

rank among US surnames

10,399

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,421	Brinkman	10,432	29,596
#3,423	Conde	10,430	29,602
#3,424	Monson	10,425	29,616
#3,425	Vieira	10,420	29,630
#3,427	Griswold	10,417	29,639
#3,428	Gaskins	10,414	29,647
#3,429	McClanahan	10,407	29,667

Who is named Seward

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

75% of people named Seward identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seward

Seward has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

Questions

Where does the surname Seward come from?: Originally two distinct names: * Middle English Seward, Siward, from Old English Siġeweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigiwardu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz, from *segaz (“victory”) + *warduz (“guard”). * Middle English Seward, from Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ (“sea”) + weard (“guard”).
How common is the surname Seward?: 10,399 people in the United States had the surname Seward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. It ranked 3,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seward?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Seward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Seward?: Seward is /ˈs(j)u.əɹd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Seward getting more or less common?: More common. 9,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,399 in 2010, up 4.1%.