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    The surname Seldon

    A surname, carried by 1,667 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S435

    Seldon: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Seldon #17,040, 1,667 people Seldon: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Seldon #17,040, 1,667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seldon is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,667 people named Seldon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,520.

    #17,040
    rank among US surnames
    1,667
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099
    #17,040Peed1,667185,210
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321

    Who is named Seldon

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

    69% of people named Seldon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Seldons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruce Seldon
      American boxer, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Seldon

    Seldon 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 Seldon?
    1,667 people in the United States had the surname Seldon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. It ranked 17,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Seldon?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Seldon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Seldon?
    Bruce Seldon, American boxer.
    Where is the surname Seldon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Seldon in the United States.
    Is the surname Seldon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,667 in 2010, up 9.7%.