Seaton Surname
Approximately 23,091 people bear this surname
Seaton Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Seaton,' parishes and townships in Cumberland, Devon, County Durham, Rutland, Yorkshire (East Riding), and Northumberland.
Richard de Seton, or Setoune, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameSeaton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,850 | 1:28,207 | 3,514 |
| England | 3,772 | 1:14,771 | 2,181 |
| Australia | 1,309 | 1:20,623 | 2,859 |
| Israel | 1,142 | 1:7,494 | 1,168 |
| Canada | 1,074 | 1:34,307 | 4,407 |
| Jamaica | 685 | 1:4,190 | 573 |
| Scotland | 672 | 1:7,967 | 1,185 |
| New Zealand | 307 | 1:14,750 | 2,584 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 205 | 1:6,654 | 1,004 |
| South Africa | 186 | 1:291,278 | 28,316 |
| Northern Ireland | 157 | 1:11,752 | 1,756 |
| Wales | 121 | 1:25,575 | 2,657 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 69 | 1:800 | 164 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48 | 1:2,347 | 425 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Guyana | 17 | 1:44,837 | 4,218 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 134 | 1:33,059 | 3,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,924 | 1:12,669 | 1,914 |
| Scotland | 578 | 1:6,476 | 933 |
| Wales | 38 | 1:41,274 | 2,182 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,402 | 1:20,907 | 2,640 |
Seaton (529) may also be a first name.
Seaton Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Seaton,' parishes and townships in Cumberland, Devon, County Durham, Rutland, Yorkshire (East Riding), and Northumberland.
Richard de Seton, or Setoune, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Elena de Seton, Yorkshire, ibid.
John de Seton, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
John de Seton, Northumberland, ibid.
Sabella de Sayton, webestery 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Sayton, marchani, 1379: ibid.
1626. Baptised — Ann, d. Joseph Seaton: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) belonging to Seaton = 1 the Farm or Estate by the Sea.
2 the Farm or Estate by the Lake [Old English sǽ, sea, lake + tún: cp. Old Norse siá-tún, seaside-town] Most of our Seatons are on the coast. Seaton, Durham, was Sǽtún in the 10th cent. The Yorkshire Seatons were Seton and Settun in Domesday - Book. Seaton, Devon, was Seton and Setoune in the 13th cent. Seaton, Cumb., and one of the Northumb. Seatons were Seton in the 13th cent.
But Seaton, Rutland, was Segentone in Domesday - Book, apparently for Anglo-Saxon *Se(c)ggan - tún = Se(c)gga’s Estate [Se(c)ggan-, genit. of Se(c)gga], and Seaton, Haddington, owes the first element of its name to a Norman Seiher de Sey.
(English) One who came from Seaton (farm by the sea or lake), the name of several places in England.
See Seton. Also parishes, &c., in cos. Devon, Rutland, York, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, &c.
Local. That is, sea—town, a parish in Perthshire, formerly called Errol. (See Seton.)
A location name in Cumberland, Devon, Durham., Northumberland, Ross, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book, Seton.
User-submitted Reference
The surname Seaton means 'town by the sea'. It is a surname of English origin.
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Seaton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seaton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seaton is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seaton? popularity and diffusion
Seaton is the 23,453rd most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 315,601 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Seaton are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 366,789th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 529 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 12,850 people, or 1 in 28,207. In The United States Seaton is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Tennessee, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 67 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Seaton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seaton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seaton surname rose 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 318 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Seaton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (49%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Seaton last name are 13.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Seaton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.68% more than the national average, earning R 429,360 per year; in United States they earn 2.78% less than the national average, earning $41,949 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $51,763 CAD per year.
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