How common is the surname Sellers?

42,577 people in the United States had the surname Sellers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. It ranked 814th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sellers?

Peter Sellers, British actor and comedian (1925–1980), followed by Piers Sellers.

Where is the surname Sellers most common?

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

Is the surname Sellers getting more or less common?

More common. 41,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,577 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Sellers

A patronymic surname, carried by 42,577 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). Sellers is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Patronymic from Seller.

Sellers is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 42,577 people named Sellers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,561.

#814

rank among US surnames

42,577

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#805	Chung	43,110	7,162
#806	Gentry	43,027	7,176
#807	Hull	43,018	7,177
#808	Duarte	42,983	7,183
#809	Ellison	42,827	7,209
#810	Nielsen	42,773	7,218
#811	Gillespie	42,693	7,232

Who is named Sellers

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

77% of people named Sellers identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sellerss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Sellers
British actor and comedian (1925–1980)
Piers Sellers
British-born American astronaut, 1955–2016
Ann Henderson-Sellers
Australian climatologist, born 1952
Larry Sellers
American actor, 1949–2021
William Sellers
American businessman (1824–1905)
Brad Sellers
American basketball player (born 1962)
Lynne Frederick
British actress (1954–1994)

Notable Sellerss come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sellers

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

Questions

Where does the surname Sellers come from?: Patronymic from Seller.
How common is the surname Sellers?: 42,577 people in the United States had the surname Sellers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. It ranked 814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sellers?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sellers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sellers?: Peter Sellers, British actor and comedian (1925–1980), followed by Piers Sellers.
Where is the surname Sellers most common?: Wikidata records people named Sellers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Sellers?: Sellers is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Sellers getting more or less common?: More common. 41,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,577 in 2010, up 2.4%.