How common is the surname Selzer?

1,743 people in the United States had the surname Selzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Selzer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Selzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Selzer?

Eddie Selzer, American film producer (1893–1970).

Where is the surname Selzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Selzer in the United States.

Is the surname Selzer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Selzer

A German surname, carried by 1,743 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Selzer is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 1,743 people named Selzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,783.

#16,481

rank among US surnames

1,743

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,177)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,475	Lacher	1,744	177,033
#16,481	Chess	1,743	177,135

Who is named Selzer

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

95% of people named Selzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Selzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddie Selzer
American film producer (1893–1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Selzer

Salzer

Selzer has the Soundex code S426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S426.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Selzer come from?: Selzer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Selzer?: 1,743 people in the United States had the surname Selzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Selzer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Selzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Selzer?: Eddie Selzer, American film producer (1893–1970).
Where is the surname Selzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Selzer in the United States.
Is the surname Selzer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, down 2.2%.