Selsey Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Selsey Surname Definition:
(English) belonging to Selsey (Sussex), the Anglo-Saxon Seoles íg (freq.) = Seal’s Island [the genit. of Old English seol(h, a seal, sea-calf + íg, island] Bede (‘Hist. Eccl.’ IV. 13) translates this name as “Insula vituli marini”; but, owing to the use of the genit.
Read More About This SurnameSelsey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Selsey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) belonging to Selsey (Sussex), the Anglo-Saxon Seoles íg (freq.) = Seal’s Island [the genit. of Old English seol(h, a seal, sea-calf + íg, island] Bede (‘Hist. Eccl.’ IV. 13) translates this name as “Insula vituli marini”; but, owing to the use of the genit. sing., it is doubtful whether the first element is not a pers. name.
Selsey Demographics
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Selsey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selsey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selsey occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Selsey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,047,559th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Selsey live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States Selsey is most common in: New York, where 91 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 2 percent reside and Michigan, where 2 percent reside. Besides The United States Selsey occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 40 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Selsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Selsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Selsey surname grew 214 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Selsey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Selsey last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
Selsey earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.45% more than the national average, earning $47,228 USD per year.
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