How common is the surname Sellner?

1,254 people in the United States had the surname Sellner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,209 Americans. It ranked 20,985th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sellner?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sellner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sellner?

Martin Sellner, Austrian political activist and active in the alt-right movement.

Where is the surname Sellner most common?

Wikidata records people named Sellner in Austria.

Is the surname Sellner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,254 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Sellner

A German surname, carried by 1,254 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sellner is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Sellner.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,254 people named Sellner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,209 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,210.

#20,985

rank among US surnames

1,254

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,413)

Who is named Sellner

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

97% of people named Sellner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sellners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin Sellner
Austrian political activist and active in the alt-right movement, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Selner

Sellner has the Soundex code S456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S456.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sellner come from?: Borrowed from German Sellner.
How common is the surname Sellner?: 1,254 people in the United States had the surname Sellner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,209 Americans. It ranked 20,985th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sellner?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sellner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sellner?: Martin Sellner, Austrian political activist and active in the alt-right movement.
Where is the surname Sellner most common?: Wikidata records people named Sellner in Austria.
Is the surname Sellner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,254 in 2010, up 3.6%.
What are other spellings of Sellner?: Selner.