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Origin Of The Surname Seddon
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Meaning Of The Surname Seddon
From the Settlement on the Hill
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Interesting
Facts About
Seddon
Seddon is an example of a locational surname that originates from a ‘lost’ town. these are towns that are no longer for various reasons such as feminine, or whose names have changed. Seddon comes from the name of a place in what is now Lancashire. The name is thought to come from the Old English ‘side’ and ‘dun’ meaning ‘side hill’ so probably referring to a settlement on the side of a hill. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. |
Seddon Statistics
Seddon is the number 1799 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,082 share the surname Seddon in the UK.
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