How common is the surname Selig?

2,020 people in the United States had the surname Selig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,844 Americans. It ranked 14,712th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Selig?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Selig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Selig?

William Nicholas Selig, American actor and filmmaker (1864–1948), followed by Bud Selig.

Where is the surname Selig most common?

Wikidata records people named Selig in the United States.

Is the surname Selig getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,020 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Selig

A German surname, carried by 2,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Selig is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,020 people named Selig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,844 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,033.

#14,712

rank among US surnames

2,020

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,685)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693
#14,706	Westby	2,021	152,769
#14,712	Selig	2,020	152,844
#14,713	Aispuro	2,019	152,920

Who is named Selig

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

94% of people named Selig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seligs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Nicholas Selig
American actor and filmmaker (1864–1948)
Bud Selig
American baseball executive, born 1934

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Selig

Selig has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Selig come from?: Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).
How common is the surname Selig?: 2,020 people in the United States had the surname Selig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,844 Americans. It ranked 14,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Selig?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Selig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Selig?: William Nicholas Selig, American actor and filmmaker (1864–1948), followed by Bud Selig.
Where is the surname Selig most common?: Wikidata records people named Selig in the United States.
Is the surname Selig getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,020 in 2010, down 0.6%.