How common is the surname Sells?

8,633 people in the United States had the surname Sells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,763 Americans. It ranked 4,110th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sells getting more or less common?

More common. 8,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,633 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Sells

A surname, carried by 8,633 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sells is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,633 people named Sells in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,763 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,165.

#4,110

rank among US surnames

8,633

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,992)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,101	Freeland	8,653	35,681
#4,102	Fusco	8,650	35,693
#4,103	Parada	8,649	35,697
#4,104	Sorrell	8,641	35,730
#4,105	Hawks	8,639	35,739
#4,107	Prasad	8,638	35,743
#4,108	Romeo	8,636	35,751

Who is named Sells

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

80% of people named Sells identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sells

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sells?: 8,633 people in the United States had the surname Sells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,763 Americans. It ranked 4,110th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sells?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sells getting more or less common?: More common. 8,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,633 in 2010, up 5.7%.