Seaton
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Seton
Etymology
From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)
- A number of places in England:
- A coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
- A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the County of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130). [1]
- A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490). [2]
- A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).
- A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982). [3]
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467). [4]
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- A small town in Victoria, Australia.
- A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seaton is the 3759th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9423 individuals. Seaton is most common among White (78.72%) and Black/African American (14.27%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seaton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.