Seaford
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Safford
Etymology
From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.
Proper noun
Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia.
- A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899). [1]
- A city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
- A census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seaford is the 52267th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 397 individuals. Seaford is most common among White (90.43%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seaford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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