Seddon

English

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

Proper noun

Seddon (countable and uncountable, plural Seddons)

1. A surname.
2. A locality on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4. A small town in Marlborough, New Zealand, named after prime minister Richard Seddon.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seddon is the 18028^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1548 individuals. Seddon is most common among White (95.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seddon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• sodden