# Sellars (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,232 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,576 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,542 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (5,773 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sellars 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sellars in the United States and Canada.

## People named Sellars

- Wilfrid Sellars, American philosopher (1912-1989)
- Peter Sellars, American theatre director (born 1957)
- Roy Wood Sellars, American philosopher (1880–1973)

## Similar surnames

Sellers, Solares, Sollars, Solorzano, Salyers, Saylors, Sailors.

## 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.