The Seymour surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,436 people carried this name — #1,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 24,427 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Seymour surname
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.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Seymour» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 15 births for the Seymour name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Seymour.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Seymour in American newspapers,
1868–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 490,593 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Seymour,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Seymour d. 1501 · priest
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Charles Seymour d. 1740 · politician
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Edward Seymour d. 1711 · politician
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William Seymour d. 1391 · politician
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John Seymour d. 1663 · politician
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John Seymour d. 1552 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Seymour.
- Sevin 916 · U.S. census
- Seye 249 · U.S. census
- Seyer 620 · U.S. census
- Seyfried 931 · U.S. census
- Seyler 2,102 · U.S. census
- Seyller 524 · U.S. census
- Seys 202 · U.S. census
- Sferrazza 421 · U.S. census
- Sforza 884 · U.S. census
- Sgro 1,165 · U.S. census
- Shaw 160,400 · U.S. census
- Siam 363 · U.S. census
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