Sell Surname
Approximately 31,656 people bear this surname
Sell Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to (La) Selle (France); or Dweller at a Cell or Hermitage [Old French (and Middle English) selle, celle, Latin cella] Cte. et Ctesse. de la Selle.—Paris Directory.
(English) a weak form of Seal or Sale, q.
Read More About This SurnameSell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,742 | 1:24,587 | 3,095 |
| Germany | 8,916 | 1:9,029 | 1,124 |
| Brazil | 2,753 | 1:77,760 | 2,910 |
| Australia | 1,386 | 1:19,477 | 2,701 |
| England | 1,304 | 1:42,729 | 5,451 |
| Poland | 410 | 1:92,704 | 14,247 |
| Canada | 301 | 1:122,411 | 12,833 |
| Argentina | 223 | 1:191,675 | 15,950 |
| New Zealand | 217 | 1:20,868 | 3,656 |
| Denmark | 202 | 1:27,944 | 2,891 |
| Estonia | 138 | 1:9,578 | 1,327 |
| Finland | 124 | 1:44,328 | 5,481 |
| South Africa | 112 | 1:483,730 | 39,862 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Spain | 68 | 1:687,530 | 30,300 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:48,352 | 4,540 |
| Norway | 64 | 1:80,348 | 11,180 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Costa Rica | 34 | 1:140,590 | 2,066 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:191,208 | 10,357 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 1:10,649 | 1,253 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 919 | 1:26,524 | 3,640 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,333 | 1:21,525 | 2,715 |
Sell (255) may also be a first name.
Sell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to (La) Selle (France); or Dweller at a Cell or Hermitage [Old French (and Middle English) selle, celle, Latin cella] Cte. et Ctesse. de la Selle.—Paris Directory.
(English) a weak form of Seal or Sale, q.v.
(English) Dweller at the shelter for animals or in the herdsman's hut.
Sell Demographics
Sell Political Affiliation
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Sell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sell (Russian: Селл) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sell? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 17,496th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 230,211 people. The surname Sell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Sell are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sell is also the 557,860th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 255 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 14,742 people, or 1 in 24,587. In The United States Sell is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 7 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
Sell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sell surname rose 632 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 142 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 29 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sell surname are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.52% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sell earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 25.73% more than the national average, earning 435,112 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.28% more than the national average, earning R 240,684 per year; in United States they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $43,546 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% less than the national average, earning $48,742 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shell | 89 | 20,926 | / |
| Suell | 89 | 689 | / |
| Szell | 89 | 681 | / |
| Soell | 89 | 447 | / |
| Åsell | 89 | 353 | / |
| Scell | 89 | 224 | / |
| Zsell | 89 | 68 | / |
| Saell | 89 | 44 | / |
| Seell | 89 | 17 | / |
| Seull | 89 | 8 | / |
| Jsell | 89 | 3 | / |
| Selld | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sellh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Selll | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sehll | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sellő | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sel | 86 | 14,300 | / |
| Sll | 86 | 22 | / |
| Schell | 80 | 38,688 | / |
| Szellő | 80 | 151 | / |
| Sheell | 80 | 6 | / |
| Shcell | 80 | 6 | / |
| Shelll | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sael'l | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sciell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Siehll | 80 | 0 | / |
| Zell | 75 | 10,179 | / |
| Seel | 75 | 9,341 | / |
| Syll | 75 | 9,294 | / |
| Sill | 75 | 9,196 | / |
| Selt | 75 | 6,479 | / |
| Gell | 75 | 4,258 | / |
| Cell | 75 | 2,917 | / |
| Sael | 75 | 2,690 | / |
| Seul | 75 | 2,576 | / |
| Shel | 75 | 2,461 | / |
| Suel | 75 | 2,266 | / |
| Söll | 75 | 1,936 | / |
| Jell | 75 | 1,710 | / |
| Sehl | 75 | 1,581 | / |
| Säll | 75 | 1,168 | / |
| Soel | 75 | 745 | / |
| Siel | 75 | 593 | / |
| Szel | 75 | 486 | / |
| Seld | 75 | 75 | / |
| Süll | 75 | 57 | / |
| Selp | 75 | 41 | / |
| Selh | 75 | 28 | / |
| Xell | 75 | 17 | / |
| Zsel | 75 | 11 | / |
| Selø | 75 | 9 | / |
| Sæll | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shll | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sesl | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sjel | 75 | 3 | / |
| Scll | 75 | 2 | / |
| Slhl | 75 | 2 | / |
| Xsel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sűll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hsel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sllt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sxel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sxll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jsll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scel | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schoell | 73 | 668 | / |
| Schiell | 73 | 185 | / |
| Schuell | 73 | 56 | / |
| Schaell | 73 | 20 | / |
| Sellowa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Scheell | 73 | 7 | / |
| Sellova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Schcell | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shchell | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sehelle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sellová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Scheull | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shill | 67 | 28,633 | / |
| Sheel | 67 | 12,626 | / |
| Selph | 67 | 3,698 | / |
| Széll | 67 | 3,518 | / |
| Chell | 67 | 3,271 | / |
| Sl | 67 | 1,850 | / |
| Schel | 67 | 852 | / |
| Siehl | 67 | 828 | / |
| Soehl | 67 | 252 | / |
| Tjell | 67 | 161 | / |
| Szelp | 67 | 84 | / |
| Seelt | 67 | 82 | / |
| Schiehll | 67 | 78 | / |
| Zuell | 67 | 59 | / |
| Szill | 67 | 53 | / |
| Sziel | 67 | 49 | / |
| Segli | 67 | 43 | / |
| Hjell | 67 | 38 | / |
| Suehl | 67 | 32 | / |
| Schll | 67 | 24 | / |
| Zoell | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sield | 67 | 21 | / |
| Szyll | 67 | 20 | / |
| Scelp | 67 | 17 | / |
| Djell | 67 | 15 | / |
| Scill | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sceel | 67 | 10 | / |
| Seldt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zhell | 67 | 8 | / |
| Shllh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Selpp | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sseel | 67 | 7 | / |
| Giell | 67 | 6 | / |
| Seehl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sjeel | 67 | 6 | / |
| Szeel | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sällh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sehlå | 67 | 4 | / |
| Åséll | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shjel | 67 | 4 | / |
| Xcell | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sciel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zellt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seuhl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seelh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jseel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeull | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sielt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selbp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sillh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jellh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seltt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jssel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ziell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shıel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seesl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sdjel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shyll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjelh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syoll | 67 | 1 | / |
Sell Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sell in the Russian language | ||
| Селл | sell | - |
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