Selwood Surname

156,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,792 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Selwood Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at Selwood (the forest on the borders of Wilts and Somerset), the Anglo-Saxon Seal wudu (A. - Sax. Chron. a.d. 894), Seal wydu (a.d. 878) = apparently the ‘Willow-Wood' [Old English seal(h (pl. sealas), a willow or sallow]; but Asser, in his Life of Ælfred, translated Seluudu as Silva Magna in Latin and Coit Maur (mod.

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Selwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4091:39,5445,106
Australia6641:40,6565,236
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Canada1461:252,36723,920
Wales1391:22,2632,366
New Zealand1191:38,0536,460
Israel191:450,40234,739
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Scotland131:411,83217,291
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
British Virgin Islands61:5,266561
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7781:31,3314,158
Wales181:87,1343,963
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Selwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at Selwood (the forest on the borders of Wilts and Somerset), the Anglo-Saxon Seal wudu (A. - Sax. Chron. a.d. 894), Seal wydu (a.d. 878) = apparently the ‘Willow-Wood' [Old English seal(h (pl. sealas), a willow or sallow]; but Asser, in his Life of Ælfred, translated Seluudu as Silva Magna in Latin and Coit Maur (mod. Coed Mawr) in Welsh, i.e. ‘Great Wood,’ as if the first element of the Anglo-Saxon wood-name were the Old English sél, ‘ good,' and its meaning could be extended to signify ‘great.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Selwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Selwood is found most in England. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Selwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 156,768th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,610,153 people. Selwood is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Selwood live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 1,409 people, or 1 in 39,544. In England Selwood is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 8 percent reside, Hampshire, where 7 percent reside and Greater London, where 6 percent reside. Aside from England it occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Selwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Selwood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 558 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 772 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 163 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Selwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Selwood last name are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.54% being registered with the political party.

The amount Selwood earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.2% more than the national average, earning R 333,168 per year; in United States they earn 16.01% more than the national average, earning $50,056 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $49,610 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sellwood931,957/
Shelwood9349/
Sealwood931/
Selwod9212/
Shellwood887/
Silwood86145/
Selbood864/
Sellwod862/
Gelwood861/
Sillwood80110/
Sellvood801/
Zellwood800/
Clwood771/
Gilwood7118/
Zilwood710/
Zillwood67125/
Gillwood6728/
Chilwood671/

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