Explore the Family Name Seabright

The meaning of Seabright

English: 1. from the Middle English personal name Sebert, Sebriht (Old English Sǣbeorht, from sǣ ‘sea’ + beorht ‘bright’). 2. from the Middle English personal name Sibrith, Sibryth (Old English Sigebeorht, from sige ‘victory’ + beorht ‘bright’).

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Seabright has seen a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Seabright was ranked 61,207th in the list of most common surnames, but by 2010 it had slipped to 82,044th, a drop of more than thirty-four percent. The actual count of individuals with this surname also dropped during this period, falling by twenty-five percent from 307 to just 230. The proportion of people named Seabright per 100,000 also fell by over a quarter.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,207	#82,044	-34.04%
Count	307	230	-25.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.08	-27.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Seabright

The ethnicity of those carrying the Seabright surname, as captured by the Decennial U.S. Census, is predominantly White, making up 97.39% of all Seabrights in 2010, down slightly from 98.37% in 2000. There were no recorded instances of Seabright being used by individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or those of two or more races. This does not necessarily mean that there are no members of these ethnicities with the Seabright surname, but rather that their numbers were possibly suppressed for privacy reasons or were too small to be statistically significant.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.37%	97.39%	-1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%