Selmser Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Selmser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selmser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Selmser Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selmser has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selmser? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Selmser reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Selmser is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 3,698,561. In The United States Selmser is most frequent in: Texas, where 42 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and New York, where 13 percent live. Beside The United States Selmser occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 15 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Selmser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Selmser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Selmser surname expanded 245 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Selmser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Selmser last name are 28.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.76% being registered with the political party.

The amount Selmser earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 35.24% more than the national average, earning $58,356 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.67% more than the national average, earning $57,468 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Selmser
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