Sellen
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsɛɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sellen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent. see Selling .
- USUnited States1 in 817K(measured from records)
- SESweden≈1 in 106K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 130K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 106K (inferred from the name graph)
407 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Sweden, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Kent. see Selling .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sellen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 407 | 1 in 817K | 466 | Sellen | 152 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 272K | 458 | Sellen | 79 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Sellen | 47 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 691K | listed | Sellen | 38 |
| FR France | — | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 687K | 21 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | — | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 106K | 5 | Sellen | 14 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 434K | — | Sellen | 45 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 354K | — | Sellen | 11 |
| HM Heard & McDonald Islands | #193 | — | — | — | Sellen | 1 |
407 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the dfa-band-5 register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sellen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Asturian, third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of sellar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, To grant; to confer or bestow:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, inflection of sellar:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In goh, to give, to hand over
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 466 | #48,879 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 458 | #12,155 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 443 | #45,482 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 407 | #51,176 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sellen mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Kent. see Selling . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Sellen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsɛɫən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sellen have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 407 people named Sellen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sellen.
- How common is the name Sellen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 407 people named Sellen in 2010, about 1 in 817 thousand residents.
- How common is Sellen compared with other names?
- In Heard & McDonald Islands, Sellen is the 193rd most common surname of 1,376 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sellenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sellen” — the 193rd most common surname in Heard & McDonald Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.