How common is the last name Seymour?

24,319 people in the United States have the last name Seymour, about 1 in 12,291. It ranks #1,426 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SEYMOUR

#1,426

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
24,319
About
1 in 12,291
This common or more
43.8%
Who bears it

Of the 24,319 people with the last name Seymour, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Seymour

#1,424 Givens · 24,350#1,425 Worley · 24,345#1,427 Plummer · 24,308#1,427 Thomson · 24,308

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Seymour, most common first.

#7,355 Seymore · 4,369#80,054 Seymoure · 256#120,768 Seymer · 151#122,574 Senour · 148

Also a first name

As a first name, Seymour ranks #6,307 of 53,615, with 2,557 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1924, with 791 births. See Seymour as a first name

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