Explore the Family Name Seabolt

The meaning of Seabolt

Americanized form of German Seebold (see Sebald) or Siebold or of any of their variants.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Seabolt in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Seabolt has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Seabolt ranked 8,432 in popularity with a count of 3,600 individuals bearing the surname in the U.S., and a proportion of 1.33 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank had dropped slightly to 8,743, despite an increase in the number of people with the surname to 3,752, reducing the proportion to 1.27 per 100,000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#8,432	#8,743	-3.69%
Count	3,600	3,752	4.22%
Proportion per 100k	1.33	1.27	-4.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seabolt

In terms of ethnic identity, the Seabolt surname is predominantly associated with White ethnicity, but there were some shifts in these numbers between 2000 and 2010. The Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that while 93.03% of those with the Seabolt surname identified as White in 2000, this figure dipped slightly to 92.75% by 2010. During the same period, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander saw a significant increase from 0.25% to 0.59%. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic rose from 1.50% to 1.63%, and those indicating two or more races edged up from 1.94% to 1.97%. On the other hand, there was a decrease in the percentage of those who identify as Black from 0.64% to 0.51% and American Indian and Alaskan Native from 2.64% to 2.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.03%	92.75%	-0.3%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.64%	2.56%	-3.03%
Two or More Races	1.94%	1.97%	1.55%
Hispanic	1.5%	1.63%	8.67%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.25%	0.59%	136%
Black	0.64%	0.51%	-20.31%