# Selman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/selman/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,228 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,831 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,024 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (3,902 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zelman |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Selman 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Selman in the United States.

## People named Selman

- Matt Selman, American writer and producer

## Similar surnames

Soliman, Salman, Sellman, Suleiman, Soloman, Silliman, Sloman, Schulman, Shulman, Skillman, Shellman, Solomon.

## 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.