Seldon Surname
Approximately 4,137 people bear this surname
Seldon Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Selden.' I cannot find the spot.
Ansell de Seleden, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1600.
Read More About This SurnameSeldon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,004 | 1:180,868 | 18,073 |
| England | 675 | 1:82,545 | 9,109 |
| Bhutan | 629 | 1:979 | 111 |
| Wales | 247 | 1:12,528 | 1,389 |
| Australia | 166 | 1:162,625 | 16,859 |
| Canada | 148 | 1:248,957 | 23,668 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Haiti | 78 | 1:136,973 | 5,994 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 507 | 1:48,078 | 5,926 |
| Wales | 31 | 1:50,594 | 2,584 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 355 | 1:141,461 | 13,305 |
Seldon (1,341) may also be a first name.
Seldon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Selden.' I cannot find the spot.
Ansell de Seleden, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1600. John Selden. Sussex: Register of the University of Oxford.
1789. Married — Daniel Selden and Mary Gray: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) Dweller at 1 the Willow-Valley [Old English s(e)alh( = Old Norse selia), a willow + denu, a valley] 2 the Hall-Valley [Old English sele, a hall] A Salden, Yorks, and a Salden, Bucks, occur in the Charter-Rolls temp. Hen. VI; and one Ansell de Seleden is mentioned in the Testa de Nevill, 13th cent.
As a Cornish name, from sel-don, prospect hill.
The Seldons are still at home in the Barnstaple district. The mayors of that town in 1664 and 1692 bore this name (G.).
Seldon Demographics
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Seldon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seldon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seldon (Marathi: सेलड़ॉन, Russian: Селдон, Tibetan: གསལ་སྒྲོན།) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seldon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 112,077th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,761,553 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Seldon are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Seldon is also the 214,466th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 1,341 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,004 people, or 1 in 180,868. In The United States Seldon is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 15 percent are found, Georgia, where 12 percent are found and Virginia, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent are found and Bhutan, where 15 percent are found.
Seldon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seldon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 565 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 797 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Seldon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seldon last name are 38.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.53% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seldon earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 26.6% less than the national average, earning R 174,432 per year; in United States they earn 10.83% less than the national average, earning $38,476 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.99% more than the national average, earning $57,129 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon | 92 | 41,731 | / |
| Sehldon | 92 | 2 | / |
| Selldon | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sheldone | 86 | 80 | / |
| Scheldon | 86 | 12 | / |
| Shelldon | 86 | 6 | / |
| Sheldonn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Geldon | 83 | 164 | / |
| Seldun | 83 | 65 | / |
| Sildon | 83 | 62 | / |
| Zeldon | 83 | 39 | / |
| Seldom | 83 | 23 | / |
| Seldan | 83 | 23 | / |
| Celdon | 83 | 16 | / |
| Söldon | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sldotn | 83 | 2 | / |
| Syldon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shldon | 83 | 0 | / |
| Shelldone | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sheldan | 77 | 989 | / |
| Sleddon | 77 | 48 | / |
| Gieldon | 77 | 33 | / |
| Cheldon | 77 | 23 | / |
| Shledon | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sjeldan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Seldang | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shildon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Geldoon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Celdone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seldane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sheldun | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schldon | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sldan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheeldon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schldone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sheldaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seldhuhn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scildone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheldonn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geldonne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selldane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schlddon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schledon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gildon | 67 | 838 | / |
| Cledon | 67 | 122 | / |
| Seldam | 67 | 62 | / |
| Sildan | 67 | 60 | / |
| Celdan | 67 | 38 | / |
| Sildom | 67 | 18 | / |
| Geldan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Zeldan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sldanh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeldan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sledoń | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zildon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeldón | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syldan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sildun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jildon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celdán | 67 | 1 | / |
Seldon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seldon in the Tibetan language | ||
| གསལ་སྒྲོན། | saldrön | 94.94 |
| གསལ་སྒྲོན་ | saldrön | 3.32 |
| གསོལ་སྒྲོན། | soldrön | 0.52 |
| གསལ་སྒྲོན | saldrön | 0.35 |
| གསལ་སྒྱོན། | salgyön | 0.35 |
| གསེལ་སྒྲོན། | seldrön | 0.35 |
| གསལ་ | sal | 0.17 |
| Seldon in the Marathi language | ||
| सेलड़ॉन | selarona | 50 |
| शेलडन | seladana | 33.33 |
| डॉन | dona | 16.67 |
| Seldon in the Russian language | ||
| Селдон | seldon | - |
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