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)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. A village in Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
   2. A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, formerly in Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).
   3. A coastal town in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).
   4. A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).
   5. A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).
   6. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).
2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
3. A small town in Victoria, Australia.
4. A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• North Seaton
• Seaton Carew
• Seaton Delaval
• Seaton Junction
• Seaton Sluice
• Seaton Valley

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seaton is the 3759^th 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Easton, Onates, Stonea, astone, atones, sonate