How common is the surname Selle?

1,410 people in the United States had the surname Selle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. It ranked 19,234th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Selle getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,453 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,410 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Selle

A surname, carried by 1,410 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Selle is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,410 people named Selle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,453.

#19,234

rank among US surnames

1,410

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #17,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,229	Beehler	1,411	218,813
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Selle

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

94% of people named Selle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Selle

Selle 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 Selle?: 1,410 people in the United States had the surname Selle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. It ranked 19,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Selle?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Selle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Selle getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,453 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,410 in 2010, down 3.0%.