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    The surname Sellman

    A surname, carried by 2,227 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S455

    Sellman: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sellman #13,603, 2,227 people Sellman: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sellman #13,603, 2,227 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sellman is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,227 people named Sellman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,768.

    #13,603
    rank among US surnames
    2,227
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26%
    change since 2000 (was #15,264)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513
    #13,600Gamblin2,228138,575
    #13,603Cassity2,227138,637
    #13,612Rowlands2,226138,700

    Who is named Sellman

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

    77% of people named Sellman identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sellman

    Sellman has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sellman?
    2,227 people in the United States had the surname Sellman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. It ranked 13,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sellman?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sellman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sellman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,227 in 2010, up 26%.