Where Does The Last Name Selms Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Selms is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Selms click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selms? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Selms is the 4,034,050^th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Selms reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany it is most common in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 50 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Latvia, where 4 percent live.

Selms Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Selms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Selms surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.