# Seltzer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seltzer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,213 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,284 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (4,269 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicised from German Sälzer (“salter”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seltzer 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seltzer in the United States.

## People named Seltzer

- David Seltzer, American screenwriter
- Aaron Seltzer, American screenwriter and film director, primarily in joint work with Jason Friedberg

## Similar surnames

Schultz, Shields, Shultz, Sledge, Saltzman, Shults, Soltis, Schultheis, Schultze, Schiltz, Saltsman, Saltz.

## 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.