How common is the surname Sellars?

6,232 people in the United States had the surname Sellars in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,542 Americans. It ranked 5,576th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sellars?

Wilfrid Sellars, American philosopher (1912-1989), followed by Peter Sellars.

Where is the surname Sellars most common?

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

Is the surname Sellars getting more or less common?

More common. 5,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,232 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Sellars

A surname, carried by 6,232 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S462

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sellars is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,232 people named Sellars in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,542 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,773.

#5,576

rank among US surnames

6,232

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #5,533)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,567	Bumgarner	6,246	49,431
#5,568	Schenck	6,245	49,439
#5,569	Nam	6,244	49,447
#5,570	Labelle	6,242	49,463
#5,572	Jacinto	6,238	49,494
#5,573	Rule	6,236	49,510
#5,575	Flemming	6,234	49,526

Who is named Sellars

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

76% of people named Sellars identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sellarss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Sellarss come mostly from the United States (2) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sellars

Sellars has the Soundex code S462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S462.

Questions

How common is the surname Sellars?: 6,232 people in the United States had the surname Sellars in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,542 Americans. It ranked 5,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sellars?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Sellars identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sellars?: Wilfrid Sellars, American philosopher (1912-1989), followed by Peter Sellars.
Where is the surname Sellars most common?: Wikidata records people named Sellars in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Sellars getting more or less common?: More common. 5,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,232 in 2010, up 8.0%.