# Selig (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/selig/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German or Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,020 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,712 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 152,844 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (2,033 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Selig in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Selig in the United States.

## People named Selig

- William Nicholas Selig, American actor and filmmaker (1864–1948)
- Bud Selig, American baseball executive

## Similar surnames

Seelig, Sellick, Sligh, Solis, Salas, Schulz, Seals, Slack, Scales, Sales, Soliz, Sells.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.