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The Sella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 506 people carried this name — #42,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 480 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 647 people named Sella live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 233
Santa Fe 152
Córdoba 145
City of Buenos Aires 38
Entre Ríos 30
Río Negro 28
Corrientes 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 285 people named Sella.

100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 100
Paris 20
Isère 17
Savoie 14
Yvelines 13
Lot-et-Garonne 10
Rhône 8
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Seine-Maritime 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

32 people named Sella live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 16
Ticino 6
Zurich 6
Vaud 4

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

Sella in American newspapers,
1917–1925.

Newspaper page from The Seward Gateway And The Alaska Evening Post carrying the name Sella
The Seward Gateway And The Alaska Evening Post 1917-05-05
Newspaper page from The Winslow Mail carrying the name Sella
The Winslow Mail 1925-08-21
Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Sella
The Wolf Point Herald 1921-03-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,431 pages in all carry the name.

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