Seligson Surname

439,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 780 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Seligson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seligson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6501:557,62945,979
Luxembourg451:12,9012,533
England171:3,277,533109,658
Finland161:343,54424,270
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Israel91:950,84857,975
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Seligson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Seligson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Seligson is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seligson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 439,223rd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Seligson live; 86 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Seligson is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 650 people, or 1 in 557,629. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 30 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 6 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Seligson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Seligson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seligson surname rose 9,286 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seligson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Seligson surname are 2.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.81% being registered to vote for the political party.

Seligson earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.97% more than the national average, earning $53,061 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seligsohn94205/
Seeligson9460/
Seligsson941/
Sceligson941/
Seeligsohn8914/
Zeligson88110/
Selikson8852/
Siligson881/
Zelikson75265/
Ziligson7521/
Zeligzon7514/
Zeligsan751/
Selecson751/
Zelickson7167/
Szelicsán7146/
Zelixon6727/
Zelykson6331/
Zelekson6312/
Zelikzon634/
Selexan534/
Çelikşan5059/
Selexant501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Seligson
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