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    The surname Selvage

    A surname, carried by 1,137 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S412

    Selvage: #22,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Selvage #22,592, 1,137 people Selvage: #22,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Selvage #22,592, 1,137 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Selvage is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,137 people named Selvage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,544 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,049.

    #22,592
    rank among US surnames
    1,137
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,809)

    Who is named Selvage

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

    81% of people named Selvage identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Selvage

    Selvage has the Soundex code S412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S412.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Selvage?
    1,137 people in the United States had the surname Selvage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,544 Americans. It ranked 22,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Selvage?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Selvage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Selvage getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,137 in 2010, up 8.4%.
    What are other spellings of Selvage?
    Salvidge and Selvidge.