The Selig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,020 people carried this name — #14,712 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,033 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Selig surname
Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Selig» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Selig.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Selig live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Selig in American newspapers,
1912–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 68,343 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Selig,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Nicholas Selig 1864–1948 · screenwriter -
Moritz Selig 1666–1709 · preacher
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Gustav Heinrich Selig 1791–1862 · jurist
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Moses Selig 1800–1900 · merchant
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Gertrudis Selig 1818–
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Lea Selig 1855–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Selig.
- Sein 755 · U.S. census
- Seiter 1,986 · U.S. census
- Seitz 12,630 · U.S. census
- Seivert 491 · U.S. census
- Seiwert 429 · U.S. census
- Sekula 966 · U.S. census
- Seligmann 174 · U.S. census
- Selin 736 · U.S. census
- Sella 506 · U.S. census
- Selle 1,410 · U.S. census
- Sellen 407 · U.S. census
- Seller 503 · U.S. census
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