How common is the surname Selleck?

1,698 people in the United States had the surname Selleck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Selleck?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Selleck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Selleck?

Tom Selleck, American actor (born 1945).

Where is the surname Selleck most common?

Wikidata records people named Selleck in the United States.

Is the surname Selleck getting more or less common?

More common. 1,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Selleck

A surname, carried by 1,698 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). Selleck is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Sellick.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,698 people named Selleck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,617.

#16,809

rank among US surnames

1,698

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #16,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,802	Legler	1,699	181,722
#16,809	Porcaro	1,698	181,829

Who is named Selleck

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

94% of people named Selleck identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sellecks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Selleck
American actor (born 1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Selleck

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

Questions

Where does the surname Selleck come from?: Variant of Sellick.
How common is the surname Selleck?: 1,698 people in the United States had the surname Selleck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Selleck?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Selleck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Selleck?: Tom Selleck, American actor (born 1945).
Where is the surname Selleck most common?: Wikidata records people named Selleck in the United States.
Is the surname Selleck getting more or less common?: More common. 1,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, up 5.0%.