How common is the surname Seymour?

25,436 people in the United States had the surname Seymour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,138 Americans. It ranked 1,394th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Seymour?

Jane Seymour, British actress, followed by Stephanie Seymour.

Where is the surname Seymour most common?

Wikidata records people named Seymour in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Seymour?

Seymour is /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Seymour getting more or less common?

More common. 24,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,436 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Seymour also a first name?

Yes. Seymour is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Seymour

A Norman place surname, carried by 25,436 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex S560 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seymour is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,436 people named Seymour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,138 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,427.

#1,394

rank among US surnames

25,436

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,327)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,385	Yanez	25,563	12,078
#1,386	Gregg	25,554	12,082
#1,387	Abrams	25,534	12,092
#1,388	Smart	25,528	12,094
#1,389	Beatty	25,510	12,103
#1,390	Serna	25,503	12,106
#1,391	Meier	25,486	12,114

Who is named Seymour

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

83% of people named Seymour identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seymours

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jane Seymour
British actress, born 1951
Stephanie Seymour
American model and actress (born 1968)
Horatio Seymour
American politician (1810–1886)
William J. Seymour
American minister (1870–1922)
Cara Seymour
British actress, born 1964
Edward Seymour
1st Earl of Hertford (1539-1621)
Steve Seymour
American track and field athlete (1920-1973)
Dan Seymour
American actor (1915-1993)
Anne Seymour
American actress (1909-1988)
Clarine Seymour
American silent film actress (1898–1920)
Ethel Seymour
British artistic gymnast (1880-1963)
Carolyn Seymour
British actress (born 1947)

Notable Seymours come mostly from the United States (13), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Seymour

Seymore

Seymour has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seymour come from?: From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.
How common is the surname Seymour?: 25,436 people in the United States had the surname Seymour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,138 Americans. It ranked 1,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seymour?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Seymour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Seymour?: Jane Seymour, British actress, followed by Stephanie Seymour.
Where is the surname Seymour most common?: Wikidata records people named Seymour in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Seymour?: Seymour is /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Seymour?: Seymour is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Seymour getting more or less common?: More common. 24,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,436 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Seymour also a first name?: Yes. Seymour is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.