# Sellers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sellers/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 42,577 |
| US rank (2010) | 814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,251 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (41,561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic from Seller.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sellers 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sellers in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Sellers

- Peter Sellers, British actor and comedian (1925–1980)
- Piers Sellers, British-born American astronaut
- Ann Henderson-Sellers, Australian climatologist
- Larry Sellers, American actor
- William Sellers, American businessman (1824–1905)
- Brad Sellers, American basketball player (born 1962)
- Lynne Frederick, British actress (1954–1994)

## Similar surnames

Sellars, Sollars, Salyers, Solorzano, Solares, 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.