Last Name SEDGWICK

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Meaning	Local: Of Sedgwick, a township in the parish of Heversham, four miles from Kendal, county Westmire. The prefix is evidently the personal name of the first settler in the 'wick' and a compound of 'sig.' The town or harbor abounding with sedge, 'wick,' a town or harbor.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland

Rank	11,553 (2000 US census)	12,326 (1990 US census)

Count	2,496 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.18%, or 2201 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.49%, or 212 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.28%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 36 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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