How common is the surname Selden?

1,348 people in the United States had the surname Selden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,040 Americans. It ranked 19,911th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Selden?

Wayne Selden, Jr., American basketball player (born 1994), followed by George B. Selden.

Where is the surname Selden most common?

Wikidata records people named Selden in the United States.

Is the surname Selden getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,348 in 2010, down 29%.

The surname Selden

A surname, carried by 1,348 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Selden is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,348 people named Selden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,040 Americans. That is down 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,889.

#19,911

rank among US surnames

1,348

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-28.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,482)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,907	McKissack	1,349	228,870
#19,911	Clevinger	1,348	229,040

Who is named Selden

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Selden identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seldens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wayne Selden, Jr.
American basketball player (born 1994)
George B. Selden
American patent lawyer and inventor of a version of the automobile (1846–1922)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Selden

Selden has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

Questions

How common is the surname Selden?: 1,348 people in the United States had the surname Selden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,040 Americans. It ranked 19,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Selden?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Selden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Selden?: Wayne Selden, Jr., American basketball player (born 1994), followed by George B. Selden.
Where is the surname Selden most common?: Wikidata records people named Selden in the United States.
Is the surname Selden getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,348 in 2010, down 29%.