The sefton Surname

sefton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so called from Old Norse sef ‘rush’ + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The sefton name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the sefton family name as far back in history as possible.

sefton Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of sefton Families in the US in 1920

Number of sefton families

24-45

9-23

1-8

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Death date	Owenposse	0
Sefton in Yorkshire	m_j_morley	1
Angela Sefton	frontstreet166	0
William O. Sefton/Butler Co, OH	lara	4
Mr. Bessie SEFTON, d. 1886, Dungog, NSW, Australia	champnrse	0
Butler County PA Seftons: 8+ generations	J_Sefton	1
Erith, Kent	beckssefton1	0
Sefton of Lancashire, England	mad_monk	4
Sefton in Pontefract, Yorkshire area 1800-1900	Steven Leather	1
Sefron Emigration to New Zealand	maureenoemcke	4

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