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    The surname Sell

    A surname, carried by 11,014 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

    Sell: #3,280 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sell #3,280, 11,014 people Sell: #3,280 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sell #3,280, 11,014 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sell is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,014 people named Sell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,032 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,747.

    #3,280
    rank among US surnames
    11,014
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,089)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,271Byrnes11,03927,969
    #3,272Ness11,03727,974
    #3,273Estevez11,03227,986
    #3,274Alanis11,02927,994
    #3,275Llamas11,02827,997
    #3,278Brackett11,02727,999
    #3,279Lively11,02628,002

    Who is named Sell

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

    95% of people named Sell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hildegarde
      American singer (1906–2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sell

    Sell has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sell?
    11,014 people in the United States had the surname Sell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,032 Americans. It ranked 3,280th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sell?
    Hildegarde, American singer (1906–2005).
    Where is the surname Sell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sell in the United States.
    Is the surname Sell getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,014 in 2010, up 2.5%.