Sellou

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991

Sellou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SNSenegal≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 406K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 639K

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.

Senegal (inferred from the name graph)

≈450 people, est.

Record sources
82 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Senegal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Sellou 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.

Where Sellou is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SN Senegal#927≈450 est.≈1 in 35K2Sellou8
FR France—≈110 est.≈1 in 639K8Sellou82
DZ Algeria—≈110 est.≈1 in 406KlistedSellou4
ES Spain—71 in 7.1M7—3

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); the dz-kaggle-names register. 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 names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Sellou is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Σελλου

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Sellou
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19918—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—7#143,513
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19512—
DZ AlgeriaAlgerian names (Kaggle, MIT)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901——

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Sellou have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 454 people named Sellou in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sellou.
How common is the name Sellou?
In Spain, the national register counted 7 people named Sellou, about 1 in 7.1 million residents.
How common is Sellou compared with other names?
In Senegal, Sellou is the 927th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Sellou” — the 927th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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